Passing State between different routes
Do you think this is a good idea to pass data between different pages using solid router.
class SessionStore {
navigate_filter?: string
}
export default new SessionStore()
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So before navigate('/dashboard'), I do SessionStore.navigate_filter = 'hello', then read the state in dashboard page, how cool is that?
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What you have to ask yourself:
If I was to server-side render this page, would I need to know this information?
If you need the info to accurately render the page on the server then it should be somehow expressed directly in the url.
Otherwise its volatile/ephemeral, possibly specific to the device and it's OK to use SessionStorage or IndexedDB for that.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/IndexedDB_API
MDN Web Docs
IndexedDB API - Web APIs | MDN
IndexedDB is a low-level API for client-side storage of significant amounts of structured data, including files/blobs. This API uses indexes to enable high-performance searches of this data. While Web Storage is useful for storing smaller amounts of data, it is less useful for storing larger amounts of structured data. IndexedDB provides a solut...
Not what I asked, I don't use SessionStorage, I just called my class SessionStore, it's just cache in memory, would that also be ok?
Depends entirely on the nature of the information.
If it's ephemeral then it's OK.
Otherwise it must be referenced in the URL in one way or another.
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