One reason I still use jQuery is because its ajax() API is much nicer than the XMLHttpRequest API.
Edit: another reason: slideUp() / slideDown() are very useful and not easy to implement with native code.
Edit: another reason: slideUp() / slideDown() are very useful and not easy to implement with native code.
- unhandled errors silently swallowed [1] (this is the case for the most popular polyfill [1] too - the one recommended by fetch polyfills, BEWARE [3])
- no 'finally' method, despite pretty much everything in a UI needing some common 'cleanup' after e.g. a fetch()
- not cancellable
Right now you're better off with `$.ajax` (maybe make a custom build of jQuery) or a promise-like library like reqwest [2], rather than fighting with fetch.
[1] https://github.com/stefanpenner/es6-promise/issues/70#issuec...
[2] https://github.com/ded/reqwest
[3] http://requirebin.com/?gist=8f13d5147c1c252ab1691115bfa8b7c5