[ADR]: Enforcing immutability on the front end

[daphnegold]

Description

Related to #102

Let's find an appropriate solution to enforce immutability on the front end, prevent bugs and write maintainable code. This includes: choosing a tool and guidelines for enforcing.

Approvers

@lucasmbrown-usds, @widal001, @SammySteiner, @acouch, @daphnegold

Options

• Lint solution
• immutible.js
• TypeScript built-in
• Do nothing at all at this time

Decision Criteria

No response

Definition of Done

• The approvers for this decision have been identified (ideally before work on the ADR starts)
• The ADR is created and stored in documentation/decisions/adr with status "Accepted"
• The ADR has been reviewed and approved by the approvers listed above
• The ADR satisfies requirements that are outlined in the ADR template
• Any follow-up tickets have been created (if necessary)

[daphnegold]

Here's a Slack thread with some more details: https://nava.slack.com/archives/C3TRTAJ21/p1690313317033209