Is localstorage the right choice for this webapp?
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17-06-2021 - |
Question
I'm interested in building a small offline webapp and I'm looking for some advice. Here's the basics of what I want it to do
- Create reports that, initially, will just have a name and text field
- List, edit, and delete these notes
- Ideally I'd like to add more fields to the reports later
Is localstorage a good option for storing this type of data locally? If so, can anybody direct me to a complete list of the commands for interacting with it in javascript? e.g. setItem, getItem, etc.
Thanks.
Solution
localstorage will work just fine for this, but don't think of it as a robust solution.. It's just a basic key/value store and won't be very performant with thousands of complex things going on.
Check out the excellent Dive into HTML5 guide on localstorage: http://diveintohtml5.info/storage.html
OTHER TIPS
Yes localstorage would be perfect for you application. It would allow your application to have no need to connect to a server at all. Keep in mind that local storage does have maximums on the amount of data that can be stored.
EDIT:
Using JSON.stringify()
on can convert complex javascript objects to json which can be storage and retrieved with ease inside of local storage.