Javascript Basic Operators And What's The Deal With The Unary Ones?

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Operators are one of the most important building blocks for creating software which is why it is a great idea to learn more about their behavior.

Here’s a brief description of what operators are:

An operator is a mathematical symbol which produces a result from one or two values. These operands are divided between binary and unary operators.

Sounds boring but it just means the following.

TLDR;

// Binary operators
a = 2;     // Assignment Operator
a = 2 + 1; // Arithmetic Operator
2 < 3;     // Relational Operators
true && false;  // Binary Logical Operator
// Unary operators
!true     // Logical NOT operator
a++       // Postfix Increment Operator
--b       // Prefix Decrement Operator
~a        // Bitwise NOT operator

Operators fall under the following categories:

1. Assignment
2. Comparison
3. Arithmetic
4. Bitwise
5. Logical
6. Comma
7. Unary
8. Relational

1) Assignment Operators: