Design Patterns · Junior · Question 62 of 75

Why prefer creating new objects over mutating existing ones in UI state?

✓Correct answer: Change detection becomes a cheap reference check, and previous versions stay intact for undo or debugging
2Mutation is forbidden in JavaScript
3New objects use less memory

Explanation

React, Redux and many tools rely on reference changes to detect updates.

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