How do you keep the cart and menu in sync in a food ordering app?
Use a single state object. When the cart changes, update state.cart and call renderCart(). When filters change, update state.filters and call renderMenu(). The state is the single source of truth; views always read from it.
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Separate into three layers: data (menu array), state (cart, filters, search query in one object), and view (render functions for menu and cart). Update flow: user action -> update state -> re-render. Single source of truth.
Use a single state object: { cart: {}, searchQuery: '', filters: { veg: null, category: 'all', maxPrice: Infinity } }. All views read from this state. All actions update this state and trigger a re-render. This makes the app predictable.
State-based rendering. Update the state object, then re-render from the state. This keeps the UI in sync with the state and makes the app predictable. Direct DOM manipulation leads to bugs when the UI and state get out of sync.
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