What is Debouncing?
Delaying a function until after a rapid action stops, like typing. It runs once after the action settles, not once per event.
5 presses · 400 ms quiet · 1 ring
Debouncing fires a function...
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
Use debouncing on the search input by 400ms. Only fire the API call after the user stops typing for 400 milliseconds.
In the illustration
The button is mashed five times; the striker waits for 400 ms of quiet and rings once.
Add debouncing to autosave. Wait 500 ms after the last keystroke, then call the save route on your deploy platform once. Cancel pending saves on unmount.
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