Casting a value to a String can be achieved by invoking the String constructor as a regular function (that is, not as a constructor):
String(456); // => "456"String(true); // => "true"String(null); // => "null"String(NaN); // => NaNString([1, 2, 3]); // => "1,2,3"String({ foo: 1 }); // => "[object Object]"String(function(){ return 'wow' }); // => "function(){ return 'wow' }"
Calling String() with your value is the most explicit and clear way of casting to a String, although there are more succinct patterns that are sometimes used:
'' + 1234; // => "1234"`${1234}`; // => "1234"
These two expressions may appear equivalent, and for many values, they are. But, internally, they work differently. As we'll see later, the ...
