JavaScript Interview Series: Mutable vs Immutable Data

🔥 JavaScript Interview Series(8): Mutable vs Immutable Data in JavaScript Hey everyone, and welcome to our JavaScript Interview Series! Today, we're diving deep into a fundamental concept that often trips up developers in interviews: mutable versus immutable data. Understanding this distinction is crucial for writing predictable, bug-free code. Let's get started! In simple terms, mutable means something can be changed after it's created. Immutable means it cannot be changed. In JavaScript, this concept is tied to data types. Primitive data types are immutable. These include string, number, boolean, null, undefined, symbol, and BigInt. Once you create a primitive value, you can't alter that specific value in memory. When it seems like you're changing it, you're actually creating a new value and assigning it to the variable. Objects (including arrays and functions) are mutable. This means you can change their properties or elements after they've been created. This is because variables that hold objects actually store a reference—a pointer to the location in https://lnkd.in/gYf_X7pJ

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