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I'd be interested to see if other people have similar go-to vanilla JS? If so, can you share a link here? This one is mine: https://github.com/donohoe/content

I'd be interested to see if other people have similar go-to vanilla JS? If so, can you share a link here? This one is mine: https://github.com/donohoe/content/blob/master/posts/javascript-returns.md https://github.com/donohoe/content/blob/master/posts/javascr... (I follow basic ES6 syntax but easy to switch as needed)

tyingq 7y ago
A vanilla JS replacement for jQuery's ajax functionality, that worked on older browsers, would be welcome. Edit: To clarify, a drop in replacement is what I was looking for.
- validuser 7y ago
  http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/#ajax http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/#ajax
- untog 7y ago
  For me the Fetch API is basically that: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API fetch("http://www.example.com").then(res => res.json()).then(json => {}) Only big downside is no IE11 support but thankfully I don't have to worry about that so much these days.
  - leetrout 7y ago
    It still doesn't go POST in a nice way like the jQuery API does BUT it is not worth bringing jQuery to the page just for making requests with slightly nicer syntax.
    - untog 7y ago
      What’s not nice about POST? fetch(url, { method: “POST”, body: “a body” })
  - tyingq 7y ago
    It has some limitations as well around timeouts, cross site cookies, and progress tracking (uploads, for example).
    - untog 7y ago
      Sure, but those aren’t common uses for $.ajax. Fetch can get you 95% of the way there.
- icedchai 7y ago
  So why not just use jQuery?
  - tyingq 7y ago
    I like their ajax implementation, but don't need the rest of the library.
    - edoceo 7y ago
      Maybe try Zepto?
- austincheney 7y ago
  How old do you need to go? It looks like most of the standard XHR was working in IE7 except for the withCredentials flag. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequest https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequ...
- donohoe 7y ago
  Added! I don't know how far back it will help with old browsers. I'd need to test that and it will take awhile. JSON.parse will throw a few older browsers by itself.

tyingq 7y ago

A vanilla JS replacement for jQuery's ajax functionality, that worked on older browsers, would be welcome. Edit: To clarify, a drop in replacement is what I was looking for.

validuser 7y ago
http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/#ajax http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/#ajax
untog 7y ago
For me the Fetch API is basically that: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API fetch("http://www.example.com").then(res => res.json()).then(json => {}) Only big downside is no IE11 support but thankfully I don't have to worry about that so much these days.
- leetrout 7y ago
  It still doesn't go POST in a nice way like the jQuery API does BUT it is not worth bringing jQuery to the page just for making requests with slightly nicer syntax.
  - untog 7y ago
    What’s not nice about POST? fetch(url, { method: “POST”, body: “a body” })
- tyingq 7y ago
  It has some limitations as well around timeouts, cross site cookies, and progress tracking (uploads, for example).
  - untog 7y ago
    Sure, but those aren’t common uses for $.ajax. Fetch can get you 95% of the way there.
icedchai 7y ago
So why not just use jQuery?
- tyingq 7y ago
  I like their ajax implementation, but don't need the rest of the library.
  - edoceo 7y ago
    Maybe try Zepto?
austincheney 7y ago
How old do you need to go? It looks like most of the standard XHR was working in IE7 except for the withCredentials flag. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequest https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/XMLHttpRequ...
donohoe 7y ago
Added! I don't know how far back it will help with old browsers. I'd need to test that and it will take awhile. JSON.parse will throw a few older browsers by itself.