Deployments often become an afterthought in application development, leading to complex challenges when transitioning software into different environments. To ease deployment, it is crucial to consider deployment strategies during the design phase, such as determining installation locations, managing configuration options, and understanding dependencies. Automating as much of the deployment process as possible is beneficial, even if some manual intervention is needed. Adopting conventions or creating new standards, making applications self-deploying, and avoiding fixed assumptions about application behavior can further streamline deployments. Ideally, a single, adaptable deployment procedure should be used to handle various types of changes, thereby increasing reliability and reducing complexity. Although automating deployments for large applications can be difficult and time-consuming, designing applications with deployment in mind can significantly simplify the process.