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  How to deploy a React app with Netlify and set up continuous deployment via Github So far I have only used Heroku to deploy my web applications. Well, that changed today as I decided to branch out and try a different deployment service. I love Heroku, and it is so easy to use, but I hate how my applications go to sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity unless you pay a monthly fee. The sleeping application then takes 30 seconds to “wake-up” which feels like forever from a client’s perspective. I decided to try Netlify after witnessing many other developers use this service to host their applications. I saw some pretty good reviews about Netlify, and from what I read my applications won’t be going to sleep anymore! 😴 😊 Here is a  link  to an article I read titled, “13 reasons why you should be using Netlify”. In this article, I’m going to show you how to create a React app, deploy it to Netlify, add the project to Github, and lastly connect the Github repo to the Netlify app. This will