ThunderNews

A polished React (Create React App) News app with categories, search, dark mode, and pagination.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ recommended
• A NewsAPI key

Setup

This app uses a small Node backend proxy so it works with the NewsAPI Developer plan (which blocks browser requests except from localhost).

2. Install dependencies:

npm ci

Run (development)

Runs backend (:5000) + frontend (:3000):

npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Build (production)

npm run build

Run (production)

set NODE_ENV=production
node server/index.js

Open http://localhost:5000.

Deploy (static hosting)

Deploy this as a Node web app (Render/Railway/Fly/etc):

• Build command: npm ci && npm run build
• Start command: node server/index.js
• Env (optional): NEWS_API_KEY to override the embedded key