Fetching data in React with Axios provides enhanced HTTP client features including request interceptors, automatic JSON parsing, and better error handling. As the creator of CoreUI, a widely used open-source UI library, I’ve implemented Axios in countless React applications for complex API integrations and enterprise data management. From my expertise, the most effective approach is using Axios with useEffect hook for robust HTTP requests with built-in features. This method provides superior error handling, request configuration, and response transformation compared to native fetch.