问题：
I'm a beginner RoR programmer who's planning to deploy my app using Heroku. 我是初学者RoR程序员，他计划使用Heroku部署我的应用程序。 Word from my other advisor friends says that Heroku is really easy, good to use. 来自我的其他顾问朋友的话说，Heroku非常简单，易于使用。 The only problem is that I still have no idea what Heroku does... 唯一的问题是我仍然不知道Heroku做了什么......
I've looked at their website and in a nutshell, what Heroku does is help with scaling but... why does that even matter? 我看过他们的网站 ，简而言之，Heroku所做的是帮助扩展但是......为什么这甚至重要？ How does Heroku help with: Heroku如何帮助：
Speed - My research implied that deploying AWS on the US East Coast would be the fastest if I am targeting a US/Asia-based audience. 速度 - 我的研究表明，如果我的目标是美国/亚洲的受众，那么在美国东海岸部署AWS将是最快的。
Security - How secure are they? 安全 - 他们有多安全？
Scaling - How does it actually work? 缩放 - 它实际上如何工作？
Cost efficiency - There's something like a dyno that makes it easy to scale. 成本效率 - 像dyno这样的东西可以很容易地扩展。
How do they fare against their competitors? 他们如何与竞争对手竞争？ For example, Engine Yard and bluebox ? 例如， Engine Yard和bluebox ？
Please use layman English terms to explain... I'm a beginner programmer. 请用外行英语术语来解释......我是初学程序员。
解决方案：
参考一： https://stackoom.com/question/f80x/为什么人们在AWS出现时会使用Heroku-Heroku与AWS的区别是什么-关闭参考二： https://oldbug.net/q/f80x/Why-do-people-use-Heroku-when-AWS-is-present-What-distinguishes-Heroku-from-AWS-closed
来源：oschina
链接：https://my.oschina.net/u/4438370/blog/4312718