JavaScript’s ??= Operator: Default Values Made Simple

Nice reminder about JavaScript evolving to be more useful from Trevor I. Lasn:

// Old way (pre-2021)
if (user.name === null || user.name === undefined) {
  user.name = 'Anonymous';
}

// Or using the nullish coalescing operator (??)
user.name = user.name ?? 'Anonymous';

// New way (ES2021 and later)
user.name ??= 'Anonymous';Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

The final line there uses what is called the “The nullish coalescing assignment operator assignment operator” in case you need to impress people at parties.