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EPISODE · Jun 8, 2026 · 10 MIN

EP12 — Truthy & Falsy Values

from Oh, That's Why. · host Gize Bonilla

Your condition fails on zero. An empty string passes when it should not.An empty array is truthy when you expected false.In this episode, Alex Vega explains the six falsy values, why those sixand not others, and the three logical operator patterns — OR defaults,AND guards, and nullish coalescing — that depend on this every day.Oh, That's Why. — JavaScript, finally making sense.You can find the Medium article here.#JavaScript, #Web Development, #Programming, #Software Engineering,#Learning to Code.

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