# News Demo Application

Learn web development with Go. Live demo: https://freshman-news.herokuapp.com/

Here's what the completed application looks like:

![demo](https://res.cloudinary.com/freshman/image/upload/v1566482694/Screenshot_from_2019-08-22_15-04-27.png)

The code in this repo is meant to be a reference point for anyone following along with the [tutorial](https://freshman.tech/web-development-with-go/).

## Prerequisites

- You need to have Go installed on your computer. The version used for the tutorial is  **1.15.3**.

- Sign up for a [News API account](https://newsapi.org/register) and get your free API key.

## Get started

- Clone this repository to your filesystem.
- Rename the `.env.example` file to `.env` and enter your News API Key.
- `cd` into it and run the following command: `go build && ./news-demo` to start the server on port 3000.
- Visit http://localhost:3000 in your browser.