IndexedDB

IndexedDB was introduced by Oracle and became popular very quickly. It's a Not Only SQL (NoSQL) database. The IndexedDB API is a more capable and far more complex API. IndexedDB has the following significant benefits:

  • It improves the responsiveness and speed of web programs by minimizing the number of HTTP requests
  • It provides more space for data without Web Storage limits
  • It provides the ability to work offline
  • A NoSQL database helps you work directly with Dart and JavaScript objects
  • It allows fast indexing, object searching, and granular locking per transaction
  • It supports synchronous and asynchronous APIs

One of the major disadvantages can be the difficulty in understanding it if you are coming from the world of rational databases. In IndexedDB, ...

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