Boolean Functions
There is very little you need to attach to Boolean, as it is a very simple object. I have only found two methods that I like to attach to the ‘Boolean’ Object: ‘is’ and ‘get’. The ‘is’ method is a type detection like I have attached to other native JavaScript objects. The ‘get’ method is to convert falsy/truthy values into ‘false’ and ‘true’. While this isn’t necessary because you can use “! yourObject”, however I frequently like to use strict, type comparisons operations, such as ‘===’ and ‘!==’.
Check out object.js here and the unit test here.
As a side note, I have been updating the blog layout a bit. Hopefully, I am making this blog more useful.
The strict comparison operators (=== and !==) should not be the issue here. The logic operators (&& and ||) are probably the most relevant operators in the context of your get function.
There’s no reason to convert something boolean and then check whether or not it’s equal to a boolean value. if( Boolean.get( obj ) === true ) can be written as if( Boolean.get( obj ) ). If you want it to be false just throw in the ! operator.
The new layout isn’t vastly different, which is good. The only thing I’d suggest, and this could be my browser, is to indent the sub-categories a little more.
Comment by MillsJROSS — August 5, 2008 @ 5:55 am
Thanks MillsJROSS, you make a good point. Also, I have updated the sub-categories. Please, let me know if this works better in your browser.
Comment by Matt Snider — August 5, 2008 @ 10:28 am
The sub-categories are looking much better now. Thanks!
Comment by MillsJROSS — August 6, 2008 @ 4:57 am