> The only practical consideration raised is the falsy types can trip you up but that is easily negated.
You mean adding an if block to check for the zero and blank string?
You mean adding an if block to check for the zero and blank string?
fruit = fruit === "" ? "" : fruit || "strawberry";
fruit = fruit == "" ? "" : fruit || "strawberry";
fruit = fruit === "" && "" || fruit || "strawberrry";
Personally, I find that once you understand JavaScript, the beauty in what you can do, especially for input validation (which is an ugly, ugly thing) works so well in this language.