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Discussion on: The Life-Changing Magic of Flat Code

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Chad Adams • • Edited

This if statement

  if(!isNotUnset) {
    return null
  }

is called a guard clause like you mentioned it's a way to reduce if else blocks. In the end, it makes your code cleaner and easier to read.

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Ryan Latta •

Yep, you can also vary into assertion based programming as well.