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So is IndexedDB a beefier version of localStorage or does it serve a different purpose altogether?
by Eil 16y ago
So is IndexedDB a beefier version of localStorage or does it serve a different purpose altogether?
- jchrisa 16y agoLocal storage is just key/value queries, IndexedDB allows you to make range queries against indexes you define, so you can get eg: recent blog posts, etc.
- mindeh 16y agoyeah. to give an example: if I want to store persist objects using localStorage, I'd convert them to JSON and store key-value. However I cannot store whole object hierarchy as it'll soon become an overkill. so I store separate objects, and recreate relations upon retrieval manually. But I also need to maintain my own index - to know which objects I have stored under what keys.