Section: Timers and Event Loop

Debounce helper

javascript
javascript
function debounce(fn, wait = 250) {
  let timer;
  return (...args) => {
    clearTimeout(timer);
    timer = setTimeout(() => fn(...args), wait);
  };
}

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