# KV Storage: the Web's First Built-in Module

DevFeed: [KV Storage: the Web's First Built-in Module](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kv-storage-the-web-s-first-built-in-module-29512.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://philipwalton.com/articles/kv-storage-the-webs-first-built-in-module/>)

Published: 2019-03-12T05:27:02Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Philip Walton](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/philip-walton.md>)

Topics: [Chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chrome.md>), [modules](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/modules.md>), [import](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/import.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Web platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-platform.md>), [Demo](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/demo.md>)

Tags: [browsers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browsers.md>), [chrome](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chrome.md>), [demo](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/demo.md>), [experimental](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experimental.md>), [import](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/import.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [modules](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modules.md>), [web-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web-platform.md>)

## AI overview

This article introduces Chrome's experimental Built-in Modules and Import Maps, focusing on KV Storage, an asynchronous key/value storage API built on IndexedDB. It explains how to use these APIs and demonstrates deploying them on the web with fallbacks for browser compatibility.

## Source excerpt

Chrome is experimenting with two new features that I firmly believe will completely change how we bundle and deploy JavaScript applications in the future (for the better): Built-in Modules and Import Maps.