Manual application deployment guide

I don't bother separating them out into so many steps these days.  Though it depends on the complexity of the deployment - many of my deployments these days are incremental, meaning I have more flexibility in my approach.

1) sql scripts (establish and/or update tables and views)

2) (occasionally) a "pre-deployment package" consisting of CDTs and Data Stores and (if applicable) environment-specific constants

3) everything else all at once, generally.

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