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@@ -1,2 +1,20 @@ # NewsAggregator -A news article aggregator using RSS feeds. + +A news article aggregator using RSS feeds to extract articles from differing sources. These aggregated articles are displayed on a website for the user to see. + +## In-depth + +Articles will extracted from an RSS Feed (which is in a XML format) via a C# application, which will put each articke into standard CLR objects. These CLR objects will then be committed to a database for persistence even when the server is off. While the database is periodically updated, a web server will display articles from the database to the user in a nice format. + +This therefore provides a clear distinction between the frontend and the backend: + +* Aggregator of articles (purely backend) +* Database (purely backend) +* Web server (backend funnel to frontend) +* Web page (purely frontend) + +## Languages and services used + +* C# for the aggregator +* C#/Node.js for the web server +* MySQL for the database |