DEV Community

Front End Happy Hour

Episode 009 - Scotch makes us animated

In this episode we learn about animating with JavaScript. We’re joined by a special guest, Sarah Drasner, who is an expert in JavaScript and SVG animations. Having good animations in your product is really important for the overall user experience. In the episode we discuss various libraries to help create animations in your websites or applications. Sarah shares a lot of valuable information.

Items mentioned in the episode:
Coin, GreenSock, Weighing SVG Animation Techniques (with Benchmarks), Mac Pro parallax, Mo.js, Lego Mushroom, SnapSvg, D3, Sara Soueidan, React Motion, Sarah Drasner's CodePen, Framer JS, React Training, A Comparison of Animation Technologies, SVGOMG, SVGO, IcoMoon

Guests:
Sarah Drasner - @sarah_edo

Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Augustus Yuan - @augburto
Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers
Sarah Federman - @sarah_federman

Picks:
Sarah Drasner - Val Head's book
Sarah Drasner - Valio Con
Ryan Burgess - Sleep no more
Ryan Burgess - Internet trends 2016
Augustus Yuan - Jankfree.org
Augustus Yuan - Icon System with SVG sprites
Derrick Showers - how2
Derrick Showers - Werker
Sarah Federman - Transitions and Animations in CSS
Sarah Federman - Alexa / Pebble Core integration

Episode source