## Introduction
Surge is a powerful command line tool for deploying static websites to CDNs and web servers. It simplifies the process of publishing your HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other assets, making it easy to host and share your web projects.
## Features
– **Easy Deployment**: Surge provides a simple command-line interface (CLI) that allows you to effortlessly deploy your static sites with a single command.
– **Custom Domain**: You can use your own custom domain for your Surge deployments, giving your projects a professional touch.
– **HTTPS Support**: Surge automatically secures your deployments with HTTPS, ensuring that your web projects are safe and accessible over secure connections.
– **Asset Optimization**: Surge automatically compresses and optimizes your assets, resulting in swift page loads and improved performance.
– **Single-page Applications**: Surge supports single-page applications (SPA) by automatically redirecting all requests to the index.html file, enabling seamless navigation within your app.
– **Collaboration**: You can easily share your Surge deployments with others, allowing seamless collaboration on your projects.
## Installation
1. First, ensure that you have Node.js installed on your machine. You can download Node.js from the official website.
2. Open your command line interface (CLI) and run the following command to install Surge globally:
“`
npm install –global surge
“`
Once the installation is complete, you can start using Surge to deploy your websites.
## Usage
To deploy a website using Surge, navigate to the root folder of your project in your CLI and run the following command:
“`
surge
“`
This command will deploy your site to Surge’s global CDN and provide you with a unique domain for your project. You can then access and share your website using this domain.
To use a custom domain for your Surge deployment, follow these steps:
1. Run the `surge` command in your CLI as usual to specify the project folder and deploy it to Surge.
2. When prompted, enter your custom domain name and press Enter.
3. Surge will guide you through the necessary steps to verify ownership of the domain and set up the DNS records for your deployment.
## Removing a Deployment
To remove a Surge deployment, simply run the following command in your project’s root folder:
“`
surge teardown
“`
This will remove the deployment and make your custom domain available for other projects.
## Conclusion
Surge is an excellent tool for quickly deploying static websites and sharing them with the world. With its straightforward CLI, custom domain support, HTTPS integration, and asset optimization, Surge streamlines the process of hosting and collaborating on web projects. Try Surge today and experience hassle-free website deployment!