What are Conditional Statements and Branches Explained Simply for Beginners by The Tech Academy

Conditional statements (such as if statements) are vital to every programming language and are used by developers all the time.

In this video, Erik Gross (the Co-Founder of The Tech Academy) explains conditional statements in plain English.

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Conditional statements are a structure in programming that allows you to test a certain condition and perform different actions based on the results of that test. You should take a closer look at them because they are quite necessary.