Debouncing in Programming: Efficiently Handling User Input
2025-08-07
In programming, debouncing is a technique used to handle frequent events, such as continuous user input. It discards operations that occur too closely together within a specified time interval, consolidating them into a single invocation to prevent UI lag. For example, when a user types a search query, debouncing waits for a pause before executing the search, improving efficiency and user experience. Similar to throttling, but unlike throttling which limits the frequency of continuous operations, debouncing waits for a period of inactivity before acting.