diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/bin/compress.py b/django/contrib/admin/bin/compress.py
index 06e750f3cb9..69660284eb7 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/bin/compress.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/bin/compress.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Compiler library and Java version 6 or later."""
     parser.add_argument("-q", "--quiet", action="store_false", dest="verbose")
     options = parser.parse_args()
 
-    compiler = Path(closure_compiler if closure_compiler else options.compiler).expanduser()
+    compiler = Path(closure_compiler or options.compiler).expanduser()
     if not compiler.exists():
         sys.exit(
             "Google Closure compiler jar file %s not found. Please use the -c "
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/raster/base.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/raster/base.py
index c98f636ec2c..5bf3fb804eb 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/raster/base.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/raster/base.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class GDALRasterBase(GDALBase):
                 counter += 1
                 item = data[counter]
             # The default domain values are returned if domain is None.
-            result[domain if domain else 'DEFAULT'] = domain_meta
+            result[domain or 'DEFAULT'] = domain_meta
         return result
 
     @metadata.setter
diff --git a/django/contrib/sessions/backends/file.py b/django/contrib/sessions/backends/file.py
index 0a724f7e0a8..0c09fa564ce 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sessions/backends/file.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sessions/backends/file.py
@@ -73,10 +73,9 @@ class SessionStore(SessionBase):
         """
         Return the expiry time of the file storing the session's content.
         """
-        expiry = session_data.get('_session_expiry')
-        if not expiry:
-            expiry = self._last_modification() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_AGE)
-        return expiry
+        return session_data.get('_session_expiry') or (
+            self._last_modification() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=settings.SESSION_COOKIE_AGE)
+        )
 
     def load(self):
         session_data = {}
diff --git a/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py b/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py
index 2ec6269bead..010e9acfbc4 100644
--- a/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py
+++ b/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py
@@ -66,13 +66,9 @@ class LimitedStream:
 class WSGIRequest(HttpRequest):
     def __init__(self, environ):
         script_name = get_script_name(environ)
-        path_info = get_path_info(environ)
-        if not path_info:
-            # Sometimes PATH_INFO exists, but is empty (e.g. accessing
-            # the SCRIPT_NAME URL without a trailing slash). We really need to
-            # operate as if they'd requested '/'. Not amazingly nice to force
-            # the path like this, but should be harmless.
-            path_info = '/'
+        # If PATH_INFO is empty (e.g. accessing the SCRIPT_NAME URL without a
+        # trailing slash), operate as if '/' was requested.
+        path_info = get_path_info(environ) or '/'
         self.environ = environ
         self.path_info = path_info
         # be careful to only replace the first slash in the path because of
diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/makemessages.py b/django/core/management/commands/makemessages.py
index 0151644a3a1..f8c0da8388d 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/makemessages.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/makemessages.py
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             raise CommandError("currently makemessages only supports domains "
                                "'django' and 'djangojs'")
         if self.domain == 'djangojs':
-            exts = extensions if extensions else ['js']
+            exts = extensions or ['js']
         else:
-            exts = extensions if extensions else ['html', 'txt', 'py']
+            exts = extensions or ['html', 'txt', 'py']
         self.extensions = handle_extensions(exts)
 
         if (locale is None and not exclude and not process_all) or self.domain is None:
@@ -501,9 +501,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                             locale_dir = path
                             break
                     if not locale_dir:
-                        locale_dir = self.default_locale_path
-                    if not locale_dir:
-                        locale_dir = NO_LOCALE_DIR
+                        locale_dir = self.default_locale_path or NO_LOCALE_DIR
                     all_files.append(self.translatable_file_class(dirpath, filename, locale_dir))
         return sorted(all_files)
 
diff --git a/django/db/backends/base/introspection.py b/django/db/backends/base/introspection.py
index 27a3cb2b873..154ae22bf15 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/base/introspection.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/base/introspection.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class BaseDatabaseIntrospection:
                     # we don't need to reset the sequence.
                     if f.remote_field.through is None:
                         sequence = self.get_sequences(cursor, f.m2m_db_table())
-                        sequence_list.extend(sequence if sequence else [{'table': f.m2m_db_table(), 'column': None}])
+                        sequence_list.extend(sequence or [{'table': f.m2m_db_table(), 'column': None}])
         return sequence_list
 
     def get_sequences(self, cursor, table_name, table_fields=()):
diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/creation.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/creation.py
index 3c6fb291fab..2c45f63c2bf 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/creation.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/creation.py
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ class DatabaseCreation(BaseDatabaseCreation):
         return database_name == ':memory:' or 'mode=memory' in database_name
 
     def _get_test_db_name(self):
-        test_database_name = self.connection.settings_dict['TEST']['NAME']
-        if not test_database_name:
-            test_database_name = ':memory:'
+        test_database_name = self.connection.settings_dict['TEST']['NAME'] or ':memory:'
         if test_database_name == ':memory:':
             return 'file:memorydb_%s?mode=memory&cache=shared' % self.connection.alias
         return test_database_name
diff --git a/django/db/models/sql/query.py b/django/db/models/sql/query.py
index 372431c620d..57da2fe68bf 100644
--- a/django/db/models/sql/query.py
+++ b/django/db/models/sql/query.py
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ class Query:
 
         # Ordering uses the 'rhs' ordering, unless it has none, in which case
         # the current ordering is used.
-        self.order_by = rhs.order_by if rhs.order_by else self.order_by
+        self.order_by = rhs.order_by or self.order_by
         self.extra_order_by = rhs.extra_order_by or self.extra_order_by
 
     def deferred_to_data(self, target, callback):
diff --git a/django/forms/widgets.py b/django/forms/widgets.py
index 47396213d97..498185fe23f 100644
--- a/django/forms/widgets.py
+++ b/django/forms/widgets.py
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ class DateTimeBaseInput(TextInput):
 
     def __init__(self, attrs=None, format=None):
         super().__init__(attrs)
-        self.format = format if format else None
+        self.format = format or None
 
     def format_value(self, value):
         return formats.localize_input(value, self.format or formats.get_format(self.format_key)[0])
diff --git a/django/utils/dateparse.py b/django/utils/dateparse.py
index ffb37afcdfb..e0e5e244c7e 100644
--- a/django/utils/dateparse.py
+++ b/django/utils/dateparse.py
@@ -131,9 +131,11 @@ def parse_duration(value):
     Also supports ISO 8601 representation and PostgreSQL's day-time interval
     format.
     """
-    match = standard_duration_re.match(value)
-    if not match:
-        match = iso8601_duration_re.match(value) or postgres_interval_re.match(value)
+    match = (
+        standard_duration_re.match(value) or
+        iso8601_duration_re.match(value) or
+        postgres_interval_re.match(value)
+    )
     if match:
         kw = match.groupdict()
         days = datetime.timedelta(float(kw.pop('days', 0) or 0))