Declaring a boolean in JavaScript using just var
Types are dependent to your initialization:
var IsLoggedIn1 = "true"; //string
var IsLoggedIn2 = 1; //integer
var IsLoggedIn3 = true; //bool
But take a look at this example:
var IsLoggedIn1 = "true"; //string
IsLoggedIn1 = true; //now your variable is a boolean
Your variables' type depends on the assigned value in JavaScript.
No it is not safe. You could later do var IsLoggedIn = "Foo";
and JavaScript will not throw an error.
It is possible to do
var IsLoggedIn = new Boolean(false);
var IsLoggedIn = new Boolean(true);
You can also pass the non boolean variable into the new Boolean()
and it will make IsLoggedIn boolean.
var IsLoggedIn = new Boolean(0); // false
var IsLoggedIn = new Boolean(NaN); // false
var IsLoggedIn = new Boolean("Foo"); // true
var IsLoggedIn = new Boolean(1); // true
As this very useful tutorial says:
var age = 0;
// bad
var hasAge = new Boolean(age);
// good
var hasAge = Boolean(age);
// good
var hasAge = !!age;