JarCastingstifle
Wrap a function, so it is only called (at most) once every X milliseconds.
var stifle = require('stifle')
// A silly little clock
function tellTime () {
console.log('The time is now ' + new Date())
}
// Only show the time once per second
var secondHand = stifle(tellTime, 1000)
// Call it like crazy, but it will only fire once per second
var interval = setInterval(secondHand, 10)
Cancellation
The wrapped function comes with a cancel method to kill any pending future invocations -- useful for shutting it down when a page or component is being unloaded.
// Stop calling the secondHand
clearInterval(interval)
// Cancel pending calls, or else it will fire one more time
secondHand.cancel()
No Extras
To keep it fast and simple, stifle does not support:
- passing parameters
- returning values
- recursive invocation
- "flushing" pending invocations
- leading/trailing options
If you want those fancy features, check out lodash.throttle