Add debounce() wrapper for buefy autocomplete

per docs, although was not very clear "which" debounce i needed, this
one at least works without errors..

hoping this fixes some page performance issues when tailbone
autocomplete component is present

tailbone/static/js/debounce.js

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+// this code was politely stolen from
+// https://vanillajstoolkit.com/helpers/debounce/
+
+// its purpose is to help with Buefy autocomplete performance
+// https://buefy.org/documentation/autocomplete/
+
+/**
+ * Debounce functions for better performance
+ * (c) 2021 Chris Ferdinandi, MIT License, https://gomakethings.com
+ * @param  {Function} fn The function to debounce
+ */
+function debounce (fn) {
+
+    // Setup a timer
+    let timeout;
+
+    // Return a function to run debounced
+    return function () {
+
+	// Setup the arguments
+	let context = this;
+	let args = arguments;
+
+	// If there's a timer, cancel it
+	if (timeout) {
+	    window.cancelAnimationFrame(timeout);
+	}
+
+	// Setup the new requestAnimationFrame()
+	timeout = window.requestAnimationFrame(function () {
+	    fn.apply(context, args);
+	});
+
+    };
+}

tailbone/static/js/tailbone.buefy.autocomplete.js

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ const TailboneAutocomplete = {
 
         // TODO: buefy example uses `debounce()` here and perhaps we should too?
         // https://buefy.org/documentation/autocomplete
-        getAsyncData: function (entry) {
+        getAsyncData: debounce(function (entry) {
             if (entry.length < 3) {
                 this.data = []
                 return
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ const TailboneAutocomplete = {
                 .finally(() => {
                     this.isFetching = false
                 })
-                        },
+        }),
     },
 }
 

tailbone/templates/themes/falafel/base.mako

@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@
   ## some commonly-useful logic for detecting (non-)numeric input
   ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/numeric.js') + '?ver={}'.format(tailbone.__version__))}
 
+  ## debounce, for better autocomplete performance
+  ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/debounce.js') + '?ver={}'.format(tailbone.__version__))}
+
   ## Tailbone / Buefy stuff
   ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/tailbone.buefy.datepicker.js') + '?ver={}'.format(tailbone.__version__))}
   ${h.javascript_link(request.static_url('tailbone:static/js/tailbone.buefy.numericinput.js') + '?ver={}'.format(tailbone.__version__))}