title: Why do people use Heroku when AWS is present? What distinguishes Heroku from AWS?
body: <p>I'm a beginner RoR programmer who's planning to deploy my app using Heroku. Word from my other advisor friends says that Heroku is really easy, good to use. The only problem is that I still have no idea what Heroku does...</p>
  
  <p>I've looked at their <a href="http://www.heroku.com/how/command" rel="noreferrer">website</a> and in a nutshell, what Heroku does is help with scaling but... why does that even matter? How does Heroku help with:</p>
  
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  <li><p>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.</p></li>
  <li><p>Security - How secure are they?</p></li>
  <li><p>Scaling - How does it actually work?</p></li>
  <li><p>Cost efficiency - There's something like a dyno that makes it easy to scale.</p></li>
  <li><p>How do they fare against their competitors? For example, <a href="http://www.engineyard.com/" rel="noreferrer">Engine Yard</a> and <a href="http://www.bluebox.net/" rel="noreferrer">bluebox</a>?</p></li>
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  <p>Please use layman English terms to explain... I'm a beginner programmer.</p>