From c5311558d27733e162fd34f7c3f91760763c5e87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bengrunfeld Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 16:55:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Explain why Isomorphic Fetch is needed in docs --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fca9e15..a197c61 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ For [ease-of-maintenance and backward-compatibility reasons][why polyfill], this [why polyfill]: https://github.com/matthew-andrews/isomorphic-fetch/issues/31#issuecomment-149668361 [fetch-ponyfill]: https://github.com/qubyte/fetch-ponyfill +## Why Use Isomorphic Fetch + +The Fetch API is currently [not implemented consistently](http://caniuse.com/#search=fetch) across browsers. This module will enable you to use `fetch` in your Node code in a cross-browser compliant fashion. The Fetch API is part of the Web platform API defined by the standards bodies WHATWG and W3C. + ## Installation ### NPM