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HTML5 Web Storage in Essence

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15 Apr 2012CPOL11 min read 180.8K   1.3K   83  
Web Storage is a brand new mechanism of storing HTTP state data, which was introduced in HTML5 to replace cookie. I delve deep into its client store mechanism and advantages compare to cookie, at the mean time I describe how JavaScript can manipulate it and also how browsers store localStorage.

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Wayne is a software developer, Tech Lead and also a geek. He has more than 6 years' experience in Web development(server: ASP.NET (MVC), Web Service, IIS; Client: HTML/CSS/JavaScript/jQuery/AJAX), Windows development (Winform, Windows Service, WPF/Silverlight, Win32 API and WMI) and SQL Server. Deep understanding of GOF Design Patterns, S.O.L.i.D principle, MVC, MVVM, Domain Driven Design, SOA, REST and AOP.

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