I follow the same syntax as you, it’s less verbose. People (more beginner) prefer to use == true just to be sure that it’s what they want. They are used to use operator in their conditional… they found it more readable. But once you got more advanced, you found it irritating because it’s too verbose.
if (!value) is easier/faster to follow. Subjective as you said. As long as you are consistent, this is the main thing. EDIT One other point to add – omitting the true/false keywords should also (hopefully) force the coder to use better named variables. Bool variables should always indicate meaning or state purpose, such as: if … Read more
! inverts a value, and gives you the opposite boolean: !true == false !false == true !1 == false !0 == true –[value] subtracts one (1) from a number, and then returns that number to be worked with: var a = 1, b = 2; –a == 0 –b == 1 So, !–pending subtracts one … Read more