Sriharshak95 / newsapp

NewsApp

A user-friendly news application built on React and TypeScript.

Installation and Setup Instructions

Example:

Clone down this repository. You will need node and npm installed globally on your machine.

Installation:

npm install

To Start Server:

npm start

To Visit App:

localhost:3000

Project Description

• The application is built using React Functional components, hooks and TypeScript Interfaces.
• The application has two routes routes\home and routes\detail that presents newsfeed and detail of individual news respectively.
• The application is based on various design principles such as every component serves a single functionality and DRY principle.
• The application is built with modern JS features like spread operators, async/await and arrow functions.
• Pull-to-Refresh feature on the news feed page to get latest updates on news.

API used

newsapi

Packages Used

• momentJs - used this library to format the published date of the news.
• react-router - used this library to create and specify the routes to navigate between the home and detail page.
• material-ui - used this library to create a responsive design for the app.
• pull-to-refresh - used this library to update the newsfeed on a screen drag event.