History is always interesting, isn't it? In older versions of HTML, we had limited control over browser history. We could go back and forth using the available methods, but that was it. With the HTML5 History API, we have more control on playing with the browser history. For example, we have a way to add an entry in the history, or change the URL in the address bar without refreshing the page.
In this article, we'll learn why the HTML5 History API came to be. Before this API existed, we often used hash values to change the page content especially for heavy, single page applications because changing the URL was not possible without refreshing the page. Additionally, when you change the hash value for a URL, it does not make any changes to the browser history.
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