README.md

Hacker News App

This application fetches and displays the top stories from the Hacker News API, allowing users to stay updated with the latest tech news.

Features

• Fetches the latest top stories from Hacker News (up to 500 stories)
• Displays story titles, authors, and scores
• Sorts stories by score in descending order using LINQ
• Easy to use and visually appealing interface
• Error handling for network and data issues

Technologies Used

• .NET MAUI for cross-platform app development
• Firebase for real-time data storage and retrieval
• CommunityToolkit.Mvvm for MVVM architecture
• Newtonsoft.Json for JSON serialization and deserialization
• Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging errors and important information
• System.Linq.Async for asynchronous LINQ operations on IAsyncEnumerable
• IAsyncEnumerable for improved performance when fetching top stories from the Hacker News API

Installation

To get started with the Hacker News App, follow these steps:

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/iNoles/HackerNews.git
   cd HackerNews

2. Open the project in your preferred IDE (e.g., Visual Studio).
3. Restore the NuGet packages:

   dotnet restore

4. Build the project:

   dotnet build

5. Run the application:

   dotnet run

Usage

1. Launch the application.
2. The app will automatically fetch the top stories from Hacker News.
3. View the stories in a sorted list, with the ability to refresh the list to get the latest stories.

Screenshots

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open-source community such an amazing place to be, learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

• Fork the project.
• Create your feature branch (e.g., git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature).
• Commit your changes (e.g., git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature').
• Push to the branch (e.g., git push origin feature/AmazingFeature).