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TypeScript 3.7 added support for the ?. operator, also known as the optional chaining operator. We can use optional chaining to descend into an object whose properties potentially hold the values null or undefined without writing any null checks for...

I recently needed to squash the first two commits in one of my Git repositories. As usual, I ran the git rebase -i command to do an interactive rebase, but I noticed that the root commit didn't appear in the list of commits.
Here's what my Git history looked like:...

TypeScript 3.7 added support fort the ?? operator, also known as the nullish coalescing operator. We can use this operator to provide a fallback value for a value that might be null or undefined.
Truthy and Falsy Values in JavaScript
Before we dive into the ?? operator, let's recall that JavaScript values can either be truthy or falsy: when coerced to a Boolean, a value can either produce the value true or false. In JavaScript, the following values are considered to be falsy:...

Sometimes, you might want to add a property to an interface that is defined outside of your application. I find myself needing to augment the global Window type every now and then in some of my web projects. Typically, I'll do that to statically type...