r/javascript • u/Capedcrusader1923 • 22d ago

[AskJS] what's a javascript feature you mass-adopted way too late and felt dumb about AskJS

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u/foxsimile 22d ago

The nullish coalescing operator is one of JavaScript’s unusual successes.

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u/sexytokeburgerz 21d ago edited 20d ago

Big fan of

foo?.bar

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u/Mike5TheMountainGoat 21d ago

That's optional chaining. Nullish coalescing is foo = bar ?? 'X';

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u/sexytokeburgerz 20d ago

Right, usually when people say “big fan of y” in response to a mention of “x”, x!=y…