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With PHP you don't even have to deploy, just edit the files on the live server, save, and it is done. :D I'm not endorsing this way of doing things though.

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Haha, yes, I used to work with PHP, and we would occasionally use Notepad++ or something like it to live edit files on the servers.

I also don't endorse this way of doing things, but there's no faster way to hotfix something.

Depending on the setup this could be the case for JS as well but of course in reality most JS is compiled these days.

Speaking from experience you can absolutely ssh into the production webserver and live edit compiled/minified JS.

Ewwww...

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