Logical AND (&&) and OR (||) operators

Question

Logical AND (&&) and OR (||) operators --- who knew they could trick us like this :)

Their definition, for JS (according to this ex

Answer 1

It's just how they work. It's not a bug:

Returns expr1 if it can be converted to false; otherwise, returns expr2

This means you can use "default values", like this:

function someFunc(passedParameter){
    var newValue = passedParameter || 1337
}

Or run functions when conditions are met:

var myBool = true;
myBool && someFunc(); // someFunc will only be evaluated if `myBool` is truthy

More info on truthy / falsy