diff --git a/docs/latest/deployment/index.md b/docs/latest/deployment/index.md index e6fa67155..fc50b287f 100644 --- a/docs/latest/deployment/index.md +++ b/docs/latest/deployment/index.md @@ -48,8 +48,23 @@ _In the future:_ #### Hosted Static Assets -_blocking:_ Generate files from `npm script` that we can host. IE. production -ready build output +At the end of the day, the OHIF Viewer is a collection of HTML, CSS, JS, Font +Files, and Images. We "build" those files from our `source code` with +configuration specific to our project. We then make those files publicly +accessible by hosting them on a Web Server. + +If you have not deployed a web application before, this may be a good time to +[reach out for help](/help.md), as these steps assume prior web development and +deployment experience. + +##### Part 1 - Build Production Assets + +"Building", or creating, the files you will need to host is the same regardless +of the host you choose. [] + +##### Part 2 - Host Your App + +There are a lot of [benefits to hosting static assets][host-static-assets] - AWS S3 + Cloudfront - GCP + Cloudflare @@ -115,5 +130,6 @@ support it yet, but it is gaining wider adoption. [app-store]: https://medium.freecodecamp.org/i-built-a-pwa-and-published-it-in-3-app-stores-heres-what-i-learned-7cb3f56daf9b [dicom-web-standard]: https://www.dicomstandard.org/dicomweb/ [dicom-web]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DICOMweb +[host-static-assets]: https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/05/18/9-reasons-your-site-should-be-static/