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Typecasting

Explore how typecasting helps maintain data integrity and improve security in Node.js applications by verifying inputs match expected types. Learn the importance of casting values such as integers, strings, and booleans to prevent malicious data and errors in your code.

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What is typecasting?

One additional step, for security and data integrity, is to typecast known formats. Since JavaScript is dynamically typed, a value can be any type. By typecasting the value, you can verify that the data matches are what you expect. Recall the ...