GoFr Updated Readme with better readability. (#1132)

README.md

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+<h1 style="text-align: center; font-size: 100px; font-weight: 500;">
+    <i>Go</i>Fr
+</h1>
+
 <p align="center">
 <img align="center" width="300" alt="logo" src="https://github.com/gofr-dev/gofr/assets/44036979/916fe7b1-42fb-4af1-9e0b-4a7a064c243c">
 </p>
-<p align="center"><b>
-GoFr is an opinionated microservice development framework.</b></p>
-
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+
+<h2 align="center" style="font-size: 28px;"><b>GoFr: An Opinionated Microservice Development Framework</b></h2>
+
+<div align="center">
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-Listed in [CNCF Landscape](https://landscape.cncf.io/?selected=go-fr).
+<h2 align="center">Listed in the <a href="https://landscape.cncf.io/?selected=go-fr">CNCF Landscape</a></h2>
+
+## 🎯 **Goal**
+GoFr is designed to **simplify microservice development**, with key focuses on **Kubernetes deployment** and **out-of-the-box observability**. While capable of building generic applications, **microservices** remain at its core.
+
+---
 
-## 🎯 Goal
-Even though generic applications can be written using GoFr, our main focus is to simplify the development of microservices.
-We will focus on deployment in Kubernetes and aspire to provide out-of-the-box observability.
+## 💡 **Key Features**
 
-## 💡 Key Features
+1. **Simple API Syntax**
+2. **REST Standards by Default**
+3. **Configuration Management**
+4. **[Observability](https://gofr.dev/docs/quick-start/observability)** (Logs, Traces, Metrics)
+5. **Inbuilt [Auth Middleware](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/http-authentication)** & Custom Middleware Support
+6. **[gRPC Support](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/grpc)**
+7. **[HTTP Service](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/http-communication)** with Circuit Breaker Support
+8. **[Pub/Sub](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/using-publisher-subscriber)**
+9. **[Health Check](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/monitoring-service-health)** for All Datasources
+10. **[Database Migration](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/handling-data-migrations)**
+11. **[Cron Jobs](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/using-cron)**
+12. **Support for [Changing Log Level](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/remote-log-level-change) Without Restarting**
+13. **[Swagger Rendering](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/swagger-documentation)**
+14. **[Abstracted File Systems](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/handling-file)**
+15. **[Websockets](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/handling-file)**
 
-1. Simple API syntax
-2. REST Standards by default
-3. Configuration management
-4. [Observability](https://gofr.dev/docs/quick-start/observability) (Logs, Traces, Metrics)
-5. Inbuilt [Auth Middleware](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/http-authentication) & Support for [Custom Middleware](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/middlewares)
-6. [gRPC support](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/grpc)
-7. [HTTP service](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/http-communication) with support for [Circuit Breaker](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/circuit-breaker)
-8. [Pub/Sub](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/using-publisher-subscriber)
-9. [Health Check](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/monitoring-service-health) by default for all datasources.
-10. [Database Migration](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/handling-data-migrations)
-11. [Cron Jobs](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/using-cron)
-12. Support for [changing Log Level](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/remote-log-level-change) without restarting the application.
-13. [Swagger Rendering](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/swagger-documentation)
-14. [Abstracted File Systems](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/handling-file)
-15. [Websockets](https://gofr.dev/docs/advanced-guide/handling-file)
+---
 
-![banner.gif](.github/banner.gif)
+## 🚀 **Getting Started**
 
-## Getting started
-### Prerequisites
-GoFr requires [Go](https://go.dev/) version [1.21](https://go.dev/doc/devel/release#go1.21.0) or above.
+### **Prerequisites**
+- GoFr requires **[Go](https://go.dev/)** version **[1.21](https://go.dev/doc/devel/release#go1.21.0)** or above.
 
-### Getting GoFr
-With [Go's module support](https://go.dev/wiki/Modules#how-to-use-modules), `go [build|run|test]` automatically fetches the necessary dependencies when you add the import in your code:
+### **Installation**
+To get started with GoFr, add the following import to your code and use Go’s module support to automatically fetch dependencies:
 
-```sh
+```go
 import "gofr.dev/pkg/gofr"
 ```
 
-Alternatively, use `go get`:
+Alternatively, use the command:
 
-```sh
+```bash
 go get -u gofr.dev/pkg/gofr
 ```
-### Running GoFr
-A basic example:
+
+---
+
+## 🏃 **Running GoFr**
+
+Here's a simple example to get a GoFr application up and running:
+
 ```go
 package main
 
@@ -67,35 +78,46 @@ func main() {
     app := gofr.New()
 
     app.GET("/greet", func(ctx *gofr.Context) (interface{}, error) {
-
         return "Hello World!", nil
     })
 
-   app.Run() // listen and serve on localhost:8000 
+    app.Run() // listens and serves on localhost:8000 
 }
 ```
 
-To run the code, use the `go run` command, like:
+To run this code:
 
-```sh
+```bash
 $ go run main.go
 ```
 
-Then visit [`localhost:8000/greet`](http://localhost:8000/greet) in your browser to see the response!
+Visit [`localhost:8000/greet`](http://localhost:8000/greet) to see the result.
+
+---
+
+## 📂 **More Examples**
+
+Explore a variety of ready-to-run examples in the [GoFr examples directory](https://github.com/gofr-dev/gofr/tree/development/examples).
+
+---
+
+## 👩‍💻 **Documentation**
+
+- **[GoDoc](https://pkg.go.dev/gofr.dev)**: Official API documentation.
+- **[GoFr Documentation](https://gofr.dev/docs)**: Comprehensive guides and resources.
+
+---
 
-### See more examples
-A number of ready-to-run examples demonstrating various use cases of GoFr are available in the [GoFr examples](https://github.com/gofr-dev/gofr/tree/development/examples) directory.
+## 👍 **Contribute**
 
-## 👩‍💻Documentation
-See the  [godocs](https://pkg.go.dev/gofr.dev).
+Help us make GoFr even better:
 
-The documentation is also available on  [gofr.dev](https://gofr.dev/docs).
+1. **Star** this repo on GitHub! 🌟
+2. Write a review or tutorial on **[Medium](https://medium.com/)**, **[Dev.to](https://dev.to/)**, or your blog.
+3. Review the **[CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)** guide to learn how to contribute to the project.
 
-## 👍 Contribute
-If you want to say thank you and/or support the active development of GoFr:
+---
 
-1. [Star](https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/exploring-projects-on-github/saving-repositories-with-stars) the repo.
-2. Write a review or tutorial on [Medium](https://medium.com/), [Dev.to](https://dev.to/) or personal blog.
-3. Visit [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on submitting patches and the contribution workflow.
+### 🎁 **Get a GoFr T-Shirt & Stickers!**
 
-If your PR is merged or you have written an article or contributed in someway to development or spreading the word about GoFr, fill the [Google Form](https://forms.gle/R1Yz7ZzY3U5WWTgy5), and we will send you a <b>GoFr T-Shirt and Stickers</b> as a token of appreciation.
+If your PR is merged, or if you contribute by writing articles or promoting GoFr, we invite you to fill out [this form](https://forms.gle/R1Yz7ZzY3U5WWTgy5) to claim your GoFr merchandise as a token of our appreciation!