This one always trips me up. If the ++ increment is after the operand, then it's called a post increment (i++). If the ++ is before the operand, then it's called a pre increment (++i).

With the post increment, the value gets incremented by one, and returns the original value.

1let i = 2
2let j = i++
3
4console.log({ i, j })
5// { i: 3, j: 2 }

With the pre increment, the value gets incremented by one, and returns the new value.

1let i = 2
2let j = ++i
3
4console.log({ i, j })
5// { i: 3, j: 3 }

They're commonly seen in for-loops where it generally doesn't matter which one is used.

1for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
2  console.log(i) // outputs 0, 1, 2
3}
4
5for (let j = 0; j < 3; ++j) {
6  console.log(j) // outputs 0, 1, 2
7}