Why I Don't Use Else When Programming

*Become a web developer* with my *FREE Web Development Roadmap* - _260+ videos, 120+ projects, 60+ articles_ 👉 https://webdevsimplified.com/web-dev-roadmap.html Nick Chapsas's Video: https://youtu.be/_ougvb8mT7k This may sound crazy but I really don't use the else keyword in my programming anymore. When I do end up using else it usually leads to worse code than if I purposely avoided it. In this video I explain exactly why that is. 📚 Materials/References: Optional Chaining Video: https://youtu.be/v2tJ3nzXh8I?t=379 Optional Chaining Article: https://blog.webdevsimplified.com/2020-03/javascript-optional-chaining Guard Clause Article: https://blog.webdevsimplified.com/2020-01/guard-clauses 🌎 Find Me Here: My Blog: https://blog.webdevsimplified.com My Courses: https://courses.webdevsimplified.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/WebDevSimplified Twitter: https://twitter.com/DevSimplified Discord: https://discord.gg/7StTjnR GitHub: https://github.com/WebDevSimplified CodePen: https://codepen.io/WebDevSimplified ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 01:00 - Guard Clauses 04:03 - Single Return Is Bad 05:43 - Extract Functions #StopUsingElse #WDS #JavaScript