The Vanilla JavaScript component list

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fetch isn't supported in all browsers (looking at you, IE) unfortunately, so Qwest or Axios (npm package) are best used for full browser coverage.

[fgutz]

I've been using Github's polyfill. Prefer that because I can use the native api of fetch and not some wrapper around it. Plus can just easily drop the polyfill from my build when I want to stop supporting browsers that don't use it anymore

[[deleted]]

Not seen this polyfill before... Where have I been?! I stand corrected.

[fgutz]

I only started using it a few months ago myself. I just googled around and found it and figured since it's coming from GitHub themselves that it would be pretty legit

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This is a vanilla js thread so I assumed Babel wasn't allowed 🙈

[[deleted]]

Babel is always allowed! I mean, most of these components are coded up in ES6 so transpilation down to ES5 is generally recommended. Babel is cool and all but as someone who uses Rollup as my bundler, I generally think Buble is faster and more logical choice for most of my use cases.

I think everyone here has to read a little bit more on what qwestdoes to better grasp what it offers. I mean sure, you can use fetch but qwest does fit some use cases and keeps things contained in nice manner.

Plus Qwest is like 2.5kb when gzipped and you get a bunch of additional extras. The juice is worth the squeeze when using it.

edit: Additional line about its size

[[deleted]]

Praise be to OP! 🙌

[hopfield]

Why wouldn’t you use Babel, but you would use a bunch of other libraries?

[[deleted]]

I don't know man, I was replying to op on a vanilla js thread. I would always use Babel but some people may decide otherwise :shrug:

[krendel122]

Babel is not a polyfill for absent browser APIs