Perform debounce in React.js

Question

How do you perform debounce in React.js?

I want to debounce the handleOnChange.

I tried with debounce(this.handleOnChange, 200) but it doesn\'t

Answer 1

Here is an example I came up with that wraps another class with a debouncer. This lends itself nicely to being made into a decorator/higher order function:

export class DebouncedThingy extends React.Component {
    static ToDebounce = ['someProp', 'someProp2'];
    constructor(props) {
        super(props);
        this.state = {};
    }
    // On prop maybe changed
    componentWillReceiveProps = (nextProps) => {
        this.debouncedSetState();
    };
    // Before initial render
    componentWillMount = () => {
        // Set state then debounce it from here on out (consider using _.throttle)
        this.debouncedSetState();
        this.debouncedSetState = _.debounce(this.debouncedSetState, 300);
    };
    debouncedSetState = () => {
        this.setState(_.pick(this.props, DebouncedThingy.ToDebounce));
    };
    render() {
        const restOfProps = _.omit(this.props, DebouncedThingy.ToDebounce);
        return 
    }
}