✅ Did you know that by default, you can only call server APIs from the *same domain and port* than the web page you are viewing? This is security mechanism enforced by browsers. But wait, our web app is running on `localhost:3000` whereas the server API is running on ` localhost:5000`, why does it work? By using a technique called [Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS), it is possible to perform cross-origin HTTP requests if the server adds special headers to the response, allowing exceptions for specific domains.
✅ Did you know that by default, you can only call server APIs from the *same domain and port* than the web page you are viewing? This is a security mechanism enforced by browsers. But wait, our web app is running on `localhost:3000` whereas the server API is running on ` localhost:5000`, why does it work? By using a technique called [Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS), it is possible to perform cross-origin HTTP requests if the server adds special headers to the response, allowing exceptions for specific domains.
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@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ function createTransactionRow(transaction) {
}
```
This function does exactly what its names implies: using the template we created earlier, it creates a new table row and fills in its contents using transaction data. We'll use this in our `updateDashboard()` function to populate the table:
This function does exactly what its name implies: using the template we created earlier, it creates a new table row and fills in its contents using transaction data. We'll use this in our `updateDashboard()` function to populate the table: