How to Deploy my Web App with a Minimum Delay?

Hi all, newbie Azure developer and first-time poster here.

I am building my first Azure web app. To do so, I've created all of the following:

• An Azure subscription
• A Resource Group
• An App Service Plan (set to "B1 Basic" for development)
• My Web App Resource (named "pdh-webapp1")

I've been developing my app's JavaScript code locally on my Windows 11 laptop, using VS Code (v 1.107.0) as my development platform. VS Code is synced with my Azure subscription, and when I think I have my code just right, I deploy by right-clicking in VS Code Explorer --> "Deploy to Web App". I assume the deployment is successful, because in the "Azure" terminal window, I'll see this:

Deploy to app "pdh-webapp1" Succeeded in 2m 2s
  Zip and deploy workspace "C:\path\to\my\project" 51 s
  Build app "pdh-webapp1" in Azure 1m 4s

Looks promising!

And when I examine my web app in the Azure portal, the new code will deploy... but it can take AN HOUR or LONGER before my new code "goes live". This is maddening, especially when I'm trying to fine-tune code changes. I'm writing this post to see if my experience is common?

After I deploy, I've tried all of the following to try and get my newest code to "go live" ASAP:

• "Restart" and/or "Stop" then "Start" the web app resource on the Azure portal
• Issue a az webapp restart --name "pdh-webapp1" --resource-group "myResourceGroup" in an Azure shell
• Issue a reboot command in a Kudu SSH shell

None of this works, probably because when I examine my project via Kudu SSH, I don't see the newest code files in my Azure container. As I said, EVENTUALLY they will appear, but it can be a very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very long wait.

Seriously, is this a common experience? What is the usual amount of waiting time between "Deploy to Web App..." and when the new code "goes live"? Where might I look to troubleshoot such issues? (Is there a deployment log?)

Thank you.