Why is null an object and what's the difference between null and undefined?

Question

Why is null considered an object in JavaScript?

Is checking

if ( object == null )
      Do something

the

Answer 1

Comparison of many different null checks in JavaScript:

http://jsfiddle.net/aaronhoffman/DdRHB/5/

// Variables to test
var myNull = null;
var myObject = {};
var myStringEmpty = "";
var myStringWhiteSpace = " ";
var myStringHello = "hello";
var myIntZero = 0;
var myIntOne = 1;
var myBoolTrue = true;
var myBoolFalse = false;
var myUndefined;

...trim...

http://aaron-hoffman.blogspot.com/2013/04/javascript-null-checking-undefined-and.html