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Created August 14, 2012 14:44
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Simple javascript function throttling
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simple-throttle.js
var isThrottled = false,
throttleDuration = 24; // ms
function thingToThrottle() {
if (isThrottled) { return; }
isThrottled = true;
setTimeout(function () { isThrottled = false; }, throttleDuration);
// do your work here
}
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That's the kind of throttling I'm talking about.

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