Summary
Cookies are an advanced JavaScript feature and can add a lot of functionality to your site. In addition to setting up a shopping cart, you can use cookies to keep track of when and how often a visitor comes to your site and to save customization preferences visitors might set. If you've thoroughly grasped this chapter, you now know:
What cookies are
How to set a basic cookie
How to make a cookie last after the user has turned off the computer
How to control which pages can read your cookie
How to store more than one piece of information in a cookie
How to set and read more than one cookie
How to create a separate JavaScript file that other HTML files can include
Where to find JavaScript cookie libraries
How to build a complex application using ...
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