JavaScript Object References and React State Updates

🚀 30 Days — 30 Coding Mistakes Beginners Make Day 13/30 I copied an object… and the original data changed 😐 const newUser = user Then I updated newUser… and user also changed. Because objects in JavaScript are stored by reference, not value. Both variables pointed to the same memory. Fix 👇 const newUser = { ...user } Now a new object is created. This concept is very important in React state updates and debugging strange UI behavior. Day 14 tomorrow 👀 #30DaysOfCode #javascript #reactjs #frontend #webdevelopment #codeinuse

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Clear explanation by Lokesh. Understanding object references in JavaScript prevents many hidden bugs in applications.

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