The diff between fetch and xhr type comes down to simplicity vs. control.
Fetch is simpler and more intuitive, especially if you’re working with Promises/async-await.
XHR is older but gives you fine-grained control over requests (like aborting, timeouts, progress tracking).
For most projects, fetch is enough. But if you need advanced features, XHR might still be useful.
Also, fetch’s error handling *is* different—it only rejects on network failures, not HTTP errors.
Fetch is simpler and more intuitive, especially if you’re working with Promises/async-await.
XHR is older but gives you fine-grained control over requests (like aborting, timeouts, progress tracking).
For most projects, fetch is enough. But if you need advanced features, XHR might still be useful.
Also, fetch’s error handling *is* different—it only rejects on network failures, not HTTP errors.