📰 NC News (Frontend)

🚀 Live site: https://nc-news-ms.netlify.app

This is the frontend for the NC News app — a Reddit-style news aggregator.

Built with React and styled using Tailwind CSS + DaisyUI, it connects to a custom Express.js backend API to deliver articles, comments, and user interaction features.

✨ Features

• 🗂 Browse articles by topic
• 🔼 Upvote and 🔽 downvote articles
• 💬 View and post comments
• 📱 Fully responsive UI
• 🚦 Client-side routing with React Router

🧰 Tech Stack

• ⚛️ React
• ⚡ Vite
• 🧭 React Router DOM
• 🎨 Tailwind CSS + DaisyUI
• 🖥 Express.js backend (external API)

🛠 Getting Started

Prerequisites

Ensure you have Node.js and npm installed.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/mslmn/nc-news.git
cd nc-news
npm install

Development Server

npm run dev

Build for Production

npm run build

🌐 API Reference

This app communicates with a RESTful Express.js backend:

Base URL: https://nc-news-app-api.onrender.com/api

Example endpoints:

• GET /articles
• GET /articles/:article_id
• GET /topics
• POST /articles/:article_id/comments