Rubber Duck Explanation of Assertions in Javascript

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My attempt to learn for myself, then explain, what an assertion is at the lowest level.

Let me know if a) this is helpful and/or b) if it makes sense

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Hey there,

I think you should break down this article into two articles[two distinct parts] as you briefly introduce what assertion is, but too briefly in my opinion, and then you write about a method how to break down the logic into small pieces.

After reading it, I don’t think I can actually go and use the assertion in JavaScript as I don’t know how to use them. I don’t know it’s syntax. Is that something I should include in my code regularly or…? Why shouldn’t I just use IF statement instead?

What I’ve learnt though is that I should try to break down the logic of my statements to very small parts so I can assert them individually and output a clear error message, avoiding ambiguity.

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Thank you for the feedback. Those are good ideas.

For me it helped clarify, something even more basic and after I wrote this article, I pretty much zoomed through the first section in the security certification.

I agree that there is no introduction to JavaScript, and I will definitely add another part as I continue to learn for myself.

I definitely find that explaining something helps me learn it better.

I have a question though, do you think this article should be broken into two parts? Or do you think I should write a second part in addition to this? Or a little bit of both?

Thanks for taking the time to respond.