How to edit production app code to add new features

[DarkStar1]

Hi everyone, I have a question to ask. I would like to know how you manage the process of modifying / updating the app in production. How do you avoid creating downs for those who have installed the app? Sorry if the question is trivial, but I'm new and I want to understand what are the best practices to adopt to integrate into this Shopify ecosystem. Thank you in advance.

[Gavinator]

How do you avoid creating downs for those who have installed the app?

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It depends a lot on where you are hosting your App, what infrastructure you are using and what software it is built on (e.g. Rails or Node).  Here are a couple of articles to help you get started:

• Zero downtime deployment
• Blue/Green deployments

[DarkStar1]

Thank you @Gavinator for answering my question. I'm using Node for my projects. I have read the articles and they are very interesting, do you have any advice for me or software to use that you can show me for my needs?

[Gavinator · Accepted solution]

Sorry @DarkStar1 , I don't use node so really can't say much about that.

My recommendation would be to build out the App first so that you gain more experience. The deployment side is not something you need to worry about from the start.