Pure addToCart() https://output.jsbin.com/kaqeter/?html,js

pure-add-to-cart.js

// Pure addToCart() returns a new cart
// It does not mutate the original.
const addToCart = (cart, item, quantity) => {
  const newCart = lodash.cloneDeep(cart);

  newCart.items.push({
    item,
    quantity
  });
  return newCart;

};


test('addToCart()', assert => {
  const msg = 'addToCart() should add a new item to the cart.';
  const originalCart = {
    items: []
  };

  // deep-freeze on npm
  // throws an error if original is mutated
  deepFreeze(originalCart);

  const cart = addToCart(
    originalCart,
    {
      name: "Digital SLR Camera",
      price: '1495'
    },
    1
  );


  const expected = 1; // num items in cart
  const actual = cart.items.length;

  assert.equal(actual, expected, msg);

  assert.notDeepEqual(originalCart, cart,
    'should not mutate original cart.');
  assert.end();
});