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

Julen solution is kind of hard to read, here's clearer and to-the-point react code for anyone who stumbled him based on title and not the tiny details of the question.

tl;dr version: when you would update to observers send call a schedule method instead and that in turn will actually notify the observers (or perform ajax, etc)

Complete jsfiddle with example component jsfiddle

var InputField = React.createClass({

    getDefaultProps: function () {
        return {
            initialValue: '',
            onChange: null
        };
    },

    getInitialState: function () {
        return {
            value: this.props.initialValue
        };
    },

    render: function () {
        var state = this.state;
        return (
            
        );
    },

    onVolatileChange: function (event) {
        this.setState({ 
            value: event.target.value 
        });

        this.scheduleChange();
    },

    scheduleChange: _.debounce(function () {
        this.onChange();
    }, 250),

    onChange: function () {
        var props = this.props;
        if (props.onChange != null) {
            props.onChange.call(this, this.state.value)
        }
    },

});