Found 42 results for “localStorage”
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Black Box Driven Development in JavaScript
Sooner or later every developer finds the beauty of the design patterns. Also, sooner or later the developer finds that most of the patterns are not applicable in their pure format. Very often we use variations. We change the well-known definitions to fit in our use cases. I know that we (the programmers) like buzzwords. […]
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offline web applications
The network is a key component of any web application, whether it is used to download JavaScript, CSS, and HTML source files and accompanying resources (images, videos, …) or to reach web services (XMLHttpRequest and <forms>). Yet having offline support for web applications can be very useful to users. Imagine, for example, a webmail application […]
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localForage: Offline Storage, Improved
Web apps have had offline capabilities like saving large data sets and binary files for some time. You can even do things like cache MP3 files. Browser technology can store data offline and plenty of it. The problem, though, is that the technology choices for how you do this are fragmented. localStorage gets you really […]
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Storing images and files in IndexedDB
The other day we wrote about how to Save images and files in localStorage, and it was about being pragmatic with what we have available today. There are, however, a number of performance implications with localStorage – something that we will cover on this blog later – and the desired future approach is utilizing IndexedDB. […]
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Desktop Apps with HTML5 and the Mozilla Web Runtime
Desktop Apps with HTML5 One of the best things about HTML is that it’s never “done”. HTML has been with us longer than most of the development technologies that we consider commonplace. (.NET, ASP, Java, PHP, etc.) The latest incarnation of HTML, HTML5 has been the source of a great deal of buzz in the […]
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Using client-side storage, today.
I recently tried to store locally the content of a form to make it resilient to inadvertent tab closing and crashes. Here is what I learned about the different ways to achieve client-side storage. Cookies can crumble Cookies are not a valid storage mean, as their size is limited to roughly 4000 characters (4KB) and […]
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Building the Firefox browser for Firefox OS
As soon as the Boot to Gecko (B2G) project was announced in July 2011 I knew it something I wanted to contribute to. I’d already been working on the idea of a browser based OS for a while but it seemed Mozilla had the people, the technology and the influence to build something truly disruptive. […]
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App basics for Firefox OS – a screencast series to get you started
Over the next few days we’ll release a series of screencasts explaining how to start your first Open Web App and develop for Firefox OS. Each of the screencasts is terse enough to watch in a short break and the whole series should not take you more than an hour of your time. The series […]
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Subtome: a better subscribe button
One of the most common features of web apps is the ability to subscribe: Most news websites or blogs have RSS feeds that enable users to subscribe to upcoming posts and articles in their favorite readers. Social web applications such as Twitter, Tumblr or Instagram allow you to follow other users. Github allows you to […]
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Developer Edition Devtools Update: Now with Photon UI
An update on all the changes and improvements to Firefox Dev Tools available now in the Firefox Quantum Developer Edition release. Beginning with the brand-new logo and new Photon UI, the DevTools suite is faster and more responsive to developer needs - including improvements to the Inspector, Console, Debugger, and Network Monitor.