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backburner.js

A rewrite of the Ember.js run loop as a generic microlibrary.

TL;DR

A priority queue that will efficiently batch, order, reorder and process work; done via scheduling work on specific queues.

API

Constructor

Constructor	Description
`new Backburner()`	instantiate a Backburner instance with an array of queue names

Instance methods

Method	Description
`Backburner#run`	execute the passed function and flush any deferred actions
`Backburner#defer`	defer the passed function to run inside the specified queue
`Backburner#deferOnce`	defer the passed function to run inside the specified queue, only execute it once
`Backburner#setTimeout`	execute the passed function in a specified amount of time
`Backburner#debounce`	execute the passed function in a specified amount of time, reset timer upon additional calls
`Backburner#throttle`	rate-limit the passed function for a specified amount of time
`Backburner#cancel`	cancel a `deferOnce`, `setTimeout`, `debounce` or `throttle`
`Backburner#on`	Add an event callback. Supports the following events: `begin` - Fires whenever the runloop begins. Callbacks are passed the current instance and the previous instance. `end` - Fires whenever the runloop ends. Callbacks are passed the current instance and the next instance.
`Backburner#off`	Removes an event callback
`Backburner#join`	Join the passed method with an existing queue and execute immediately, if there isn't one use `Backburner#run`
`Backburner#getDebugInfo`	Returns debug information for counters, timers and queues, which includes surfacing the stack trace information for the respective calls

Alias

Alias	Description
`Backburner#schedule`	same as `defer`
`Backburner#scheduleOnce`	same as `deferOnce`
`Backburner#later`	same as `setTimeout`

Example usage

The following code will only cause a single DOM manipulation:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <title>Backburner demo</title>
  </head>

  <body>
    <div id="name"></div>

    <script type="module">
      import Backburner from './dist/es6/backburner.js'

      var backburner = new Backburner(['render']),
        person = {name: 'Erik'};

      function updateName() {
        document.querySelector('#name').innerHTML = person.name;
      }

      function setName(name) {
        person.name = name;
        backburner.deferOnce('render', updateName);
      }

      backburner.run(function() {
        setName('Kris');
        setName('Tom');
        setName('Yehuda');
      });
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Usage no npm install needed!