What does local storage mean?

What is the meaning of local storage?

localStorage is a property that allows JavaScript sites and apps to save key-value pairs in a web browser with no expiration date. This means the data stored in the browser will persist even after the browser window is closed.

What are examples of local storage?

a simple JavaScript localStorage example.setItem() - takes a key-value pair and adds it to localStorage.getItem() - takes a key and returns the corresponding value.removeItem() - takes a key and removes the corresponding key-value pair.clear() - clears localStorage (for the domain)

What is the use of local storage?

localStorage is a new JavaScript API in HTML5 that allows us to save data in key/value pairs in a user's browser. It's a little bit like cookies except: Cookies expire and get cleared a lot, localStorage is forever (until explicitly cleared). localStorage isn't sent along in HTTP Requests, you have to ask for it.

Should I use local storage?

To keep it short, here's the only situation in which you should use local storage: when you need to store some publicly available information that is not at all sensitive, doesn't need to be used in a high performance app, isn't larger than 5MB, and consists of purely string data.