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Persistent vs Non-Persistent Cookies — Complete Guide
Persistent vs Non-Persistent Cookies — Complete Guide: free step-by-step lesson with examples, common mistakes, and interview tips — part of ASP.NET Core MVC Tutorial on Toolliyo Academy.
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Persistent vs Non-Persistent Cookies
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What is this?
Persistent vs Non-Persistent Cookies remembers data across requests — cookies for client storage, sessions for server-side carts.
Why should you care?
Shopping carts, "remember me", and preferences use cookies or sessions.
See it live — copy this example
Create an MVC project (dotnet new mvc), add the code, and run dotnet run.
Response.Cookies.Append("theme", "dark", new CookieOptions { HttpOnly = true });
HttpContext.Session.SetString("CartId", cartId);
Run Example »
Edit the code and click Run — like W3Schools Try it Yourself.
What happened?
- Study the example line by line.
- Each part connects to Persistent vs Non-Persistent Cookies.
- Edit one line, save, and run dotnet run to see what changes.
Try it yourself
- Set a cookie or session value in one action.
- Read it in the next request.
- Clear it and confirm it is gone.
- Change text or labels in the example and run again — watch the browser update.
- Break the code on purpose (remove a semicolon), read the error message, then fix it.
Remember
You learned what Persistent vs Non-Persistent Cookies is and when to use it. Practice by changing the example yourself. Explain it in your own words before moving on.