How can you deploy a Django application?

Deploying a Django application involves several steps to ensure it runs smoothly in a production environment. Here’s a basic guide:

1. Choose a hosting service (e.g., Heroku, AWS).
2. Set up a production database (e.g., PostgreSQL).
3. Update settings.py for production (e.g., DEBUG = False).
4. Use a WSGI server like Gunicorn to serve your app.

For instance, to deploy on Heroku, you would:

heroku create
heroku addons:create heroku-postgresql
git push heroku master

This pushes your code to Heroku and sets up the database.