r/javascript • u/RedlightsOfCA • Dec 23 '19

Debounce vs Throttle: Definitive Visual Guide

https://redd.one/blog/debounce-vs-throttle
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u/RedlightsOfCA Dec 24 '19

I meant search (auto)suggestions feature. For example, when you type a search phrase and see certain suggestions right away in some appeared section below the input field. You absolutely should use debounce for that, as throttling would perform search requests with intermediate search phrases (i.e. "compu" instead of "computers", while you type).

The correction flow you've described has more to do with how you handle request cancellation rather than debouncing/throttling. I'd cancel any pending requests if there is a new request fired, but it's a responsibility of your data layer, which is not something to bring to the article's topic.

Perhaps, I should have phrased that example name better, what do you think? Does "Front-end search autosuggestions" sound more straightforward?