Change the Game with IndexedDB (Carmen Bourlon)

Users depend on apps to work 100% of the time, but unfortunately internet connection isn’t quite there yet. Something as simple as a commute to work can take a user offline right as they are about to click save. Does that mean our user’s work is lost? It doesn’t have to. Enter IndexedDB.

IndexedDB is an object store in the browser, but it’s also so much more — IndexedDB is a game changer that enables us to plan for the inevitable: the user’s loss of connection.

IndexedDB can be accessed with vanilla JavaScript — so there’s no extra overhead from an external library — and we can use it to save a user’s data when they aren’t connected.

Once the user regains connection, the application can save the user data to the database. As far as the user is concerned, it’s seamless.

This talk will explore use cases for IndexedDB, as well as teach the audience how to integrate it into their apps.

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About Carmen Bourlon:

Carmen Bourlon is a software developer in Oklahoma City. By day, Carmen is a mild-mannered software developer, but by night she protects Hyrule from the evil Ganondorf.

In her spare time, Carmen trains in the ways of the Force.