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Numbers 3 through 6 are questionable...

Unless you directly link 3 with 2, you'd learn a log more and be able to experiment a whole lot more with a VPS.

You can self-sign an SSL certificate and not pay anybody anything...

And you can setup a similar `git push` to deploy scheme. Even on shared hosting. http://sebduggan.com/blog/deploy-your-website-changes-using-...

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3- By learning I meant learning to use a technology/programming lang. 4- Don't know if FB would accept a self signed certificate ... Never tried before! 5- Unless you're on a Cloud-based highly scalable hosting, I don't see how. 6- That would mean you need to setup a git server, on your server. Resource management and security wise, I wouldn't do it.

3. Part of the craft of programming involves knowing your environment. Learning how to get a production or even development environment up and running for a new technology or programming language is part of that technology and programming language.

4. I can't see why they wouldn't.

5. Sure.

6. You don't need to setup a git server. You just need to have git installed... Nothing needs to run in the background at all.

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