lodash debounce not working in anonymous function

Question

Hello I cannot seem to figure out why the debounce function works as expected when passed directly to a keyup event; but it does not work if I wrap it inside an anonymous fu

Answer 1

You can return the debounce function like this:

(function(){
    var debounce = _.debounce(fireServerEvent, 500, false);

    $('#anonFunction').on('keyup', function () {
        //clear textfield
        $('#output').append('clearNotifications
');
        return debounce();
    });

    function fireServerEvent(){
        $('#output').append('serverEvent
');
    }
})();