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+NOTE: The `front-end-ui` microservice is currently undergoing an upgrade of Angular (https://github.com/OpenLiberty/sample-acmegifts/issues/50). In the meantime, please use the GUI as an example only as it may be prone to some issues. 
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 # Acme Gifts [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/OpenLiberty/sample-acmegifts.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/OpenLiberty/sample-acmegifts)
 A social gift giving application built on the [MicroProfile](http://microprofile.io/) platform