URL Encoding: The Developer's Swiss Army Knife You're Probably Using Wrong

URL Encoding: The Developer's Swiss Army Knife You're Probably Using Wrong If you've built anything that touches the web, you've dealt with URL encoding. And if you're honest, you've probably Googled "encodeURI vs encodeURIComponent" at least five times this year. I know I have. Here's the mental model that finally made it stick for me: The TL;DR encodeURI() = "I'm encoding a complete URL" → keeps structural chars like / ? & # encodeURIComponent() = "I'm encoding ONE piece of data" → encodes