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Created August 25, 2014 01:33
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A load balancing function.... debounce()
/*
The debounce method returns a function which wraps your callback,
limiting its execution rate to the limit specified in the second argument.
Now your frequent callbacks can't brick the user's browser!
*/
function debounce(func, wait, immediate) {
var timeout;
return function() {
var context = this, args = arguments;
var later = function() {
timeout = null;
if (!immediate) func.apply(context, args);
};
var callNow = immediate && !timeout;
clearTimeout(timeout);
timeout = setTimeout(later, wait);
if (callNow) func.apply(context, args);
};
}
// execute once every 300 ms
window.addEventListener('resize', debounce(function(event) {
// (whatever you'd like to do!)
}, 300));
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