Stop using nested ifs. Do this instead

A typical use case for nested ifs: you want to perform all sorts of checks on some data to make sure it’s valid before finally doing something useful with it.

Don’t do this! :

// JavaScript

function sendMoney(account, amount) {
  if (account.balance > amount) {
    if (amount > 0) {
      if (account.sender === 'user-token') {
        account.balance -= amount…