Glossary term
What is localStorage?
In Apex Flow Academy, "localStorage" means: A small store in the browser that keeps text under names and stays after the page or browser is closed. It is taught in JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive and React and Next.js: Build Modern Web Apps. Related terms include JSON, API, Render and Promise and await.
- 2 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is localStorage?
A small store in the browser that keeps text under names and stays after the page or browser is closed. (From JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive. 1 other course defines it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does localStorage mean in JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive?
A small store in the browser that keeps text under names and stays after the page or browser is closed.
What does localStorage mean in React and Next.js: Build Modern Web Apps?
A small store inside the visitor's browser that keeps text between visits, on that device only.
Where is localStorage taught?
localStorage is defined in JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive and React and Next.js: Build Modern Web Apps.
JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come AliveReact and Next.js: Build Modern Web Apps
Which lessons cover localStorage?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive, lesson 6.1: Save tasks with localStorage
- React and Next.js: Build Modern Web Apps, lesson 3.4: Effects: keep the list after a reload
Which terms are related to localStorage?
Next to localStorage in the course glossaries: JSON, API, Render, Promise and await, State, Bug, Event and listener, Breakpoint, Effect and Hydration.
JSONAPIRenderPromise and awaitStateBugEvent and listenerBreakpointEffectHydration
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn localStorage?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner and intermediate level:
- JavaScript From Zero: Make Web Pages Come Alive: No prior programming and no CSS knowledge are needed; the style sheet you need is given to you.
- React and Next.js: Build Modern Web Apps: Basic JavaScript: you can write a function, use variables with const and let, work with arrays and objects, and have seen map and filter. Modules 1 and 2 explain destructuring and spread the first time they appear.