Welcome to Henry's NC News: A Social News Platform

Northcoders News is a dynamic web application built with React, serving as a platform for news aggregation, content rating, and discussion. The application interacts with a backend API, developed in a previous project, to provide a rich user interface. Users can browse articles, cast votes, filter by topic, as well as contribute to the discussion by posting and deleting comments.

Prerequisites

• Node.js v18.0 or higher. You can check your Node version using node --version in your terminal.

Local Setup

To get the application running on your local machine, follow these steps:

1. Make sure Node.js is installed on your system. If not, you can download it from here.
2. Fork the repository and clone it to your local machine: git clone https://github.com/heniscoding/fe-nc-news
3. Navigate into the cloned directory: cd fe-nc-news
4. Install the necessary dependencies: npm install
5. Start the application in development mode: npm run dev

Now, the application should be accessible in your web browser.

Links

• Live Site URL: https://fe-nc-news.henryalderslade.com
• Live API URL: https://be-nc-news.henryalderslade.com/api/articles

Built with

• React
• Material UI
• Flexbox
• Mobile-first workflow