Start scripting your environment, the more repeatable your deploy procedure is the better your deploys will be. The easier your deploys are the more frequently

Start scripting your environment, the more repeatable your deploy procedure is the better your deploys will be. The easier your deploys are the more frequently you do them, the more frequently you do them, the better your deploys will be. Rinse wash repeat. Once you have your env scripted with EC2 you can setup / teardown environments easily for testing.