Mainly because of async/await in ES2017, that will simplify fetch requests.
There will be a need for adding a fallback for older browsers or using transpilers like Babel
ES Next release support: https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/esnext/
Async/Await support: https://caniuse.com/#feat=async-functions
| Subject | Author | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
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| Update eslint to ES8 to support async/await | Nathan fraignt | wikimedia-cz/tracker | master | +122 -14 |
Change 479188 had a related patch set uploaded (by Nathan fraignt; owner: Nathan fraignt):
[wikimedia-cz/tracker@master] Change ES version in .eslintrc.json to 8 to support async/await
Change 479188 merged by jenkins-bot:
[wikimedia-cz/tracker@master] Update eslint to ES8 to support async/await