Refactored for clarity.

Author: JackMordaunt

app/public/js/common/configLocation.js

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ const configuration = {
       userConfigPath = `${userHome}/.config/Soundnode`;
     }
 
-
     /** Linux platforms - XDG Standard */
     if (process.platform === 'linux') {
       userConfigPath = `${userHome}/.config/Soundnode`;
@@ -38,20 +37,16 @@ const configuration = {
       userConfigPath = `${userHome}/Library/Preferences/Soundnode`;
     }
 
-    // Guard to assert type of string.
-    if (typeof userConfigPath !== "string") {
-      throw `Could not set userConfigPath for this OS ${process.platform}`
+    /** Unsupported platform */
+    if (userConfigPath === null) {
+      throw `could not set config path for this OS ${process.platform}`
     }
 
     // create user config in path
     // if there is no userConfig path
-    //
-    // fs.statSync will throw an exception if
-    // any directory along the path doesn't exist.
-    // Solution: use try catch.
     try {
-      var fi = fs.statSync(userConfigPath);
-      if (!fi.isDirectory()) {
+      const configFileInfo = fs.statSync(userConfigPath);
+      if (!configFileInfo.isDirectory()) {
         this.createUserConfig(userConfigPath);
       }
     }