Debounce Example

components.example-component.js

import Ember from 'ember';
import { run } from '@ember/runloop';

const DEBOUNCE_TIME = 200;

export default Ember.Component.extend({
  functionCallCount: 0,
 
  _internalFunction() {
    this.set('functionCallCount', this.functionCallCount + 1);
  },
  
  fireMyAction(named) {
    if (named) {
			run.debounce(this, this._internalFunction, DEBOUNCE_TIME);
    } else {
			run.debounce(this, () => {
       	this.set('functionCallCount', this.functionCallCount + 1); 
      }, DEBOUNCE_TIME);
    }
  },
  
  actions: {
 		clickNamed() {
  		for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
				this.fireMyAction(true);
    	}
		},
    clickAnonymous() { 
  	  for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
				this.fireMyAction(false);
    	}
    }
	}
});

templates.application.hbs

{{example-component
	
}}

templates.components.example-component.hbs

<div style="background-color:hsl(140,50%,50%); padding: 20px; border-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer; display: flex;  margin: 10px; flex-direction: column; align-items: center" {{action 'clickNamed'}} >
  <span>Debounced with <strong>named</strong> function</span>
	Click here to fire action 10 times
</div>
<div style="background-color:hsl(180,50%,50%); padding: 20px; border-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer; display: flex; margin: 10px; flex-direction: column; align-items: center"  {{action 'clickAnonymous'}} >
  <span>Debounced with <strong>anonymous</strong> function</span>
	Click here to fire action 10 times
</div>
<div style="margin:10px;">
  Action has been fired <strong>{{functionCallCount}}</strong> times
</div>

twiddle.json

{
  "version": "0.15.1",
  "EmberENV": {
    "FEATURES": {}
  },
  "options": {
    "use_pods": false,
    "enable-testing": false
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.js",
    "ember": "3.4.3",
    "ember-template-compiler": "3.4.3",
    "ember-testing": "3.4.3"
  },
  "addons": {
    "ember-data": "3.4.2"
  }
}