Node 18 __exclusive__ 〈2024〉
However, many enterprises move slowly. If you're maintaining a production app on Node 18, here is your upgrade path:
Node 18 fixed that. By shipping the , it finally aligned the server with the browser. node 18
Let's look under the hood. 1. Native Fetch API (No More node-fetch ) For years, making an HTTP request in Node meant one of two things: installing node-fetch or using axios . It felt archaic that the runtime didn't include the same fetch your browser had. However, many enterprises move slowly