|= " in this method? How it works?

Question

First segment

also, i dont know what does (function()) mean in Ruby on rails. Its not simple function(), why is it inside brackets?

Second example

 def current_user
            @current_user ||= User.find(session[:user_id]) if session[:user_id]
          end

(function() {
  this.App || (this.App = {});

  App.cable = ActionCable.createConsumer();

}).call(this);

I have this example And i wanna understand what it is "