When to use const with objects in JavaScript?

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it is a common misconception around the web, CONST doesn’t creates immutable variables instead it creates immutable binding.

eg.

 const temp1 = 1;
 temp1  = 2 //error thrown here.

But

 temp1.temp = 3 // no error here. Valid JS code as per ES6

so const creates a binding to that particular object. const assures that variable temp1 won’t have any other object’s Binding.

Now coming to Object. we can get immutable feature with Object by using Object.freeze

const temp3 = Object.freeze( {a:3,b:4})
temp3.a = 2 // it wont update the value of a, it still have 3
temp3.c = 6 // still valid but wont change the object

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