Chapter 5. Mobile applications: client storage and offline execution

Chapter 5 at a glance

Topic

Description, methods, and so on

Page
Web storage and management of simple key/value pair data on client-side local storage Methods:  
 
  • getItem()
  • localStorage
  • removeItem()
  • clear()
140 140 141 142
Indexed database Complex, indexed client-side database functionality Database/object store methods:  
 
  • open()
  • createObjectStore()
  • createIndex()
  • loadTasks
  • objectStore()
  • deleteDatabase()
145 145 146 150 152 155
  Cursor method
  • continue
150
Application cache Enable web applications to be used when client is offline Method:  
 
  • swapCache()
160

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