What is the use of local storage in HTML5?

[spobitsseo]

What is the use of local storage in HTML5?

[Sankara Vignesh]

With local storage, web applications can store data locally within the user's browser. Before HTML5, application data had to be stored in cookies, included in every server request. Local storage is more secure, and large amounts of data can be stored locally, without affecting website performance.

[erieki]

HTML5, application data had to be stored in cookies, included in every server request. Local storage is more secure, and large amounts of data can be stored locally, without affecting website performance.

[mspcarservice]

In this tutorial you will learn how to use HTML5 local and session storage feature to store data on the user's computer in a fast and secure manner.

[mikerock]

HTML5 local storage makes it possible to store values in the browser which can survive the browser session. In that way HTML5 local storage is similar to cookies, but has some differences which I will discuss a bit later in this tutorial. HTML5 Local storage also makes it possible to send events between browser windows. A very useful feature. This HTML5 local storage tutorial will explain how to use HTML5 local storage to achieve this.