WARNING

This has been archived because it contains (CVE-2022-36359)[https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36359] and I've not upgraded this repo at all. Please use it for whatever educational purposes it may serve, but do not run this in Production nor think it's the latest guidance.

CORS Tutorial

Author: Aaron Yong

License: Apache 2.0

Motivation

CORS or Cross Origin Resource Sharing requires specific configurations on the backend and frontend. Personally I didn't really have much experience with CORS, and made it a weekend project in order to get a better understanding of CORS.

Installation

###Prerequisites:

Python 2.7.*
Django
(Optional) virtualenv
(Optional) virtualenvwrapper (Mac OS X, Linux)
(Optional) virtualenvwrapper-powershell (Windows)
Chrome, for the best simulation of mobile devices
Node.js v0.10.*
Bower
Gulp.js
Ionic Framework

###Django

Navigate into the website directory and run pip install -r ./requirements/dev.txt to install backend dependencies.
Navigate into the website/corstutorial directory and run:

python manage.py migrate
[Enter superuser credentials]

Run the server (uses corstutorial.settings.dev by default, do not run this setting on production):

python manage.py runserver_plus

Use your web browser to navigate to http://localhost:8000

###Ionic

npm install then bower install
ionic serve

TO-DOs

Production settings for Django
Production settings for Ionic
Proper step-by-step tutorial

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