Browser storage (overview)
Storing data on the machine of the user Data is available to the user on that particular machine and hence cannot be shared with anyone else Example: Storing data such as items in my shopping cart or recently viewed products Different types of browser storage options available are: Local storage / Session storage Cookies IndexedDB Local Storage /Session Storage key-value pairs to store data data can read/write from/to local or session storage only via javascript or user better for storing simple values and not for storing complex values Cookies simple key-value pairs with some configuration options can be cleared by using javascript or by the user data in the cookies is send to the server (they are attached to the headers of the http request) not good for complex data IndexedDB client side database can be used with a query language good for storing complex data on client side can be cleared by user or javascript