VueJs helpers (watchers, debounce)

VueHelpers.html

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<!-- and collections of general-purpose utility methods, Vue core -->
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<script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/axios.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/lodash.min.js"></script>
<script>
var watchExampleVM = new Vue({
  el: '#watch-example',
  data: {
    question: '',
    answer: 'I cannot give you an answer until you ask a question!'
  },
  watch: {
    // whenever question changes, this function will run
    question: function (newQuestion) {
      this.answer = 'Waiting for you to stop typing...'
      this.getAnswer()
    }
  },
  methods: {
    // _.debounce is a function provided by lodash to limit how
    // often a particularly expensive operation can be run.
    // In this case, we want to limit how often we access
    // yesno.wtf/api, waiting until the user has completely
    // finished typing before making the ajax request. To learn
    // more about the _.debounce function (and its cousin
    // _.throttle), visit: https://lodash.com/docs#debounce
    getAnswer: _.debounce(
      function () {
        var vm = this
        if (this.question.indexOf('?') === -1) {
          vm.answer = 'Questions usually contain a question mark. ;-)'
          return
        }
        vm.answer = 'Thinking...'
        axios.get('https://yesno.wtf/api')
          .then(function (response) {
            vm.answer = _.capitalize(response.data.answer)
          })
          .catch(function (error) {
            vm.answer = 'Error! Could not reach the API. ' + error
          })
      },
      // This is the number of milliseconds we wait for the
      // user to stop typing.
      500
    )
  }
})
</script>