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Fetch API vs XMLHttpRequest

Developers should learn and use the Fetch API when building web applications that need to interact with RESTful APIs, load dynamic content, or handle data fetching in a clean, promise-based way meets developers should learn xmlhttprequest for maintaining or updating older web applications that rely on ajax, as it provides backward compatibility with legacy codebases. Here's our take.

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Fetch API

Developers should learn and use the Fetch API when building web applications that need to interact with RESTful APIs, load dynamic content, or handle data fetching in a clean, promise-based way

Fetch API

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Developers should learn and use the Fetch API when building web applications that need to interact with RESTful APIs, load dynamic content, or handle data fetching in a clean, promise-based way

Pros

  • +It is particularly useful for single-page applications (SPAs), progressive web apps (PWAs), and any JavaScript project requiring efficient network requests with built-in error handling and support for modern web standards like CORS and HTTP/2
  • +Related to: javascript, promises

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

XMLHttpRequest

Developers should learn XMLHttpRequest for maintaining or updating older web applications that rely on AJAX, as it provides backward compatibility with legacy codebases

Pros

  • +It is also useful for understanding the evolution of web APIs and for scenarios where fine-grained control over HTTP requests (e
  • +Related to: javascript, ajax

Cons

  • -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Fetch API if: You want it is particularly useful for single-page applications (spas), progressive web apps (pwas), and any javascript project requiring efficient network requests with built-in error handling and support for modern web standards like cors and http/2 and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use XMLHttpRequest if: You prioritize it is also useful for understanding the evolution of web apis and for scenarios where fine-grained control over http requests (e over what Fetch API offers.

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The Bottom Line
Fetch API wins

Developers should learn and use the Fetch API when building web applications that need to interact with RESTful APIs, load dynamic content, or handle data fetching in a clean, promise-based way

Learn about Fetch API →Learn about XMLHttpRequest →

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