News App

A web app to view the latest news headlines | Chingu Voyage-6, Geckos Team 5 | https://the-new-news.herokuapp.com/

About

The New News displays the latest top headlines from over 30,000 news sources and blogs. You can also see top stories by genre, or search for a specific topic.

News stories are sourced from The News API.

Development Setup

Install Node v.8.11.3
- Easiest method: Install nvm and then run nvm install v8.11.3
- Or follow Node.js installation instructions
Confirm npm was installed with Node by running npm -v. You should get a version number (current LTS is 5.6.0).
- If you get npm: command not found, install npm.
Install Yarn package manager globally then confirm installation:
```
brew install yarn --without-node
yarn --version
```
See Yarn docs for Windows/Linux installation instructions.
Install Nodemon globally then confirm installation:
```
npm install -g nodemon
nodemon -v
```
Install MongoDB Community Edition. Setup is complete when you can use mongod to run the db server, and access the Mongo shell in a separate terminal window by running mongo.

Clone this repo:

git clone https://github.com/chingu-voyage6/Geckos-Team-05.git && cd Geckos-Team-05

In the root directory, create a new file called .env:
```
touch .env
```
Then find the file called .env.default and copy & paste its contents into the .env file. For each key available, add the necessary value (sent privately). You will need to apply for your own API key.

Install Node packages:

npm install
cd Client && npm install
cd ../Server && npm install
cd ..

Open a database server on your local machine by running the mongod command in a shell separate from the project command prompt. The server must stay running in a separate window or tab the whole time you plan to run the app locally. At the end of your dev session, you can stop the server with ctrl + c.
Run the app (make sure you're in the root folder):
```
yarn dev
```

Finish Line

If everything is set up correctly, after running yarn dev, visit localhost:3010 in your browser.

If you open a new command line prompt, you can run mongo to open the Mongo shell, and then type show dbs to get a list of created databases. You should see chingu-news-app, which was created when you ran the app the first time.

To exit the mongo shell type quit() + Enter