In the web development process, storing user preferences, session information, or temporary data in the browser is quite common due to the multiple accessibility features they offer. These data are needed in many parts of the project, and it is not efficient to fetch them by making requests and assigning them to variables every time we want to use them. Therefore, we prefer to categorize, store, protect, and retrieve the data based on their usage purposes or durations within the project.
Right at this point, three different concepts come into play for storing data that needs to be reused repeatedly: sessionStorage, localStorage, and cookie. So, let's take a closer look at what these are.