Welcome to our new JavaScript adventure. Today, we're exploring the world of conditional statements. Just as decisions are made in real life, conditional statements in JavaScript guide a program in determining which steps to take under certain conditions.

In this lesson, we're going to explore:

• The basic if statement — the pathway for making single-pathway decisions.
• else and else if statements — options for making multi-pathway decisions.
• Compound conditionals — an alternative for managing complex decisions involving multiple conditions.
• The Ternary Operator — a shorthand method for making swift, simple decisions.

Our journey begins with the straightforward if statement, which checks a specific condition and takes action if the condition is true. Similar to determining whether an apple is ripe enough to eat, the if statement would appear like this :

Here, the if-condition checks the condition (apple === 'ripe'), and if it is true, it performs the action inside the { ... } block, which is a statement here.