59 | Let's Be Animated

In this episode, Amy and James talk about adding CSS and JavaScript animations to your project: things to consider, the best properties, methods, and libraries to use.SponsorsVercelVercel combines the best developer experience with an obsessive focus on end-user performance. Their platform enables frontend teams to do their best work. It is the best place to deploy any frontend app. Start by deploying with zero configuration to their global edge network. Scale dynamically to millions of pages without breaking a sweat.For more information, visit Vercel.comZEAL is hiring!ZEAL is a computer software agency that delivers “the world’s most zealous” and custom solutions. The company plans and develops web and mobile applications that consistently help clients draw in customers, foster engagement, scale technologies, and ensure delivery.ZEAL believes that a business is “only as strong as” its team and cares about culture, values, a transparent process, leveling up, giving back, and providing excellent equipment. The company has staffers distributed throughout the United States, and as it continues to grow, ZEAL looks for collaborative, object-oriented, and organized individuals to apply for open roles.For more information visit softwareresidency.com/careersDatoCMSDatoCMS is a complete and performant headless CMS built to offer the best developer experience and user-friendliness in the market. It features a rich, CDN-powered GraphQL API (with realtime updates!), a super-flexible way to handle dynamic layouts and structured content, and best-in-class image/video support, with progressive/LQIP image loading out-of-the-box."For more information, visit datocms.comShow Notes0:00 Introduction2:48 Parenting Tip4:04 Rant: Learning Multiple Languages6:37 Our Fantastic Sponsors6:51 What We've Been Up To9:59 Why use animations?Jason LengstorfJosh ComeauCSS for JS12:27 Adding Context for Users14:34 Games and AnimationVal Head16:28 Speed of Animation17:33 Sponsor: Vercel18:40 Transitions vs Animations23:06 Animations in CSSCubic Bezier Curve28:02 Transition Property32:16 Sponsor: DatoCMS33:10 Green SockYouTube Video on Tweening SVGs with GreenSock35:45 Framer MotionMatt PerryWill Johnson (Egghead Course on Framer Motion)Pete Cape Cod - Hashnode Article on Framer MotionMotion.dev39:10 React Spring39:52 RemotionJohnny Burger on Twitter41:15 Sponsor: ZEAL42:08 Built into SvelteKitSwortleWand Selector45:09 Grab Bag Question45:21 Grab Bag Question #1: What would you prefer? CSS Animations? Vanilla CSS? JS? Or an animation library like GSAP or Framer Motion?46:59 Grab Bag Questions 2: What are the cheapest and most expensive (performance) types of animation?48:24 Picks and Plugs48:37 Amys Pick: Camo Studio50:07 Amy's Plug: SelfTeachMe on YouTube52:25 James's Pick: Logitech Lights53:59 James's Plug: James Q Quick on YouTube