Question

I am developing a blackberry app through HTML5 Webworks and am looking for a way to persistanty store a series of strings. For example, assume I have a list of names

• Anna
• Bob
• Cathy
• David
• Erin
• Fred
• George

if I click on one of their names, I want to store them in a “favourites” section. So if I click on Anna, Bob and Fred I would like to persistently store them. Having turned the phone on and off, I would hope to see on the favourites section:

• Anna
• Bob
• Fred

So far I apparently have two options: HTML5 localStorage API or the WebSQL Database.

1.) localStorage
2.) WebSQL Database

I’m very new to HTML5 and web development so I’m not sure which, if either, is the right choice to use in my case. I’m looking for something fairly simple to use as I’m not too competent yet on webworks. Does anyone know how to achieve what I’m trying to do? Thanks for any information.

Answer 1

localStorage would probably work best in this situation. To my knowledge, it has more browser support, and it’s far simpler to use.

You can learn more about it here:

http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/06/localstorage/