Course lesson 03 · Getting Started
Deploy the project
The first deployment turns the working starter into a live Cloudflare Worker application. Wrangler reads the application configuration, builds the project through its deploy script, and uploads both static browser assets and server code. Deploying early makes the hosting process a familiar development step before the product becomes complicated.
Primary source: course video 03 · Supplied English subtitles · 00:05:50.
Understand the idea
- wrangler.jsonc describes the Worker name, server entrypoint, assets, and additional runtime configuration.
- Wrangler is the Cloudflare CLI used by the project’s deployment script; the script also performs the framework build.
- A full-stack deployment includes browser files such as JavaScript and CSS plus a server bundle that handles application requests.
- The workers.dev address identifies the deployed application, and the Cloudflare dashboard exposes deployment history, metrics, bindings, and settings.
- Observability must be enabled in the demonstrated configuration to surface the application’s logs.
What the course does
- Create or use a Cloudflare account and find the Workers area of its dashboard.
- Inspect the user application’s Wrangler configuration and deployment script.
- Run its deploy script from the application directory; complete the CLI’s browser authentication flow when prompted.
- Wait for the build and upload to complete, then open the returned workers.dev URL.
- Visit the deployed dashboard and inspect its Cloudflare deployment record, asset binding, and observability settings.
Watch for
- The exact dashboard organization is the recording’s interface and can move over time.
- Added advice: deployment verifies the current starter state; dummy features remain dummy until their later backend lessons are implemented.
Recall before revealing
What two kinds of output are uploaded when this application is deployed?
Reveal the explanation
Static browser assets and the server-side Worker bundle; they serve different parts of the application.
Try it
Deploy the starter from your course checkout and trace its deployed name and entrypoint back to the Wrangler file.
Check your result
The returned URL loads the same starter interface and the matching Worker appears in your account.
Practice prompts and answer checks are added teaching material. Answer from memory first, then compare and explain any difference.
Rewatch only what you need
Open this lesson in your original course library and seek to the times below. Videos are not hosted on this site.
- 00:00:39 — Locate the Wrangler configuration
- 00:01:59 — Build and Wrangler deploy script
- 00:03:04 — Authorize Wrangler access
- 00:04:28 — Inspect the deployed Worker dashboard
Companion primary documentation: Cloudflare Workers runtime APIs. For recorded API names, commands, limits, and prices, check the version you use.