docs: Recommend Xcode Archive for first-time deployment

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1/5
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Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Documentation
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Clearly specified
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Stale
Tech stack
swift
Domain
documentation, mobile

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Open https://skip.tools/docs/deployment/ and review the first-time App Store Connect upload guidance. Compare it with the linked fastlane upload documentation, then update the deployment page so the recommended manual workflow and later automation path are clear. Done means a newcomer can identify the recommended first upload approach before reading the fastlane instructions.

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https://skip.tools/docs/deployment/ should say that for your first time uploading an app to App Store Connect, your best bet is almost certainly to use Xcode's Archive feature.

Then, when you want to automate that, you can set up fastlane. https://docs.fastlane.tools/actions/upload_to_app_store/ is very difficult for a newbie to understand if you've never uploaded a build by hand at least once.

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