Introduction
ReactJS is the most popular and loved framework among web developers for developing the frontend. From the launch, it has seen only growth. There are tons of libraries on the web for ReactJS that made React more awesome.
Today, we are going to look into some of the best animation libraries that will help you to create animation. These libraries are easy to install, learn and create animation.
So let's get started.
Framer Motion
A production-ready motion library for React. Utilize the power behind Framer, the best prototyping tool for teams. Proudly open source.
Installation
npm i framer-motion
Usage
Imports
import { motion } from "framer-motion";
Code
In a motion.div
tag, you define the animation of the component.
animate:You define the properties of the animation here. These are CSS properties.
transition: You define the transition properties here. Such as repeat, duration, etc.
<motion.div
animate={{ x: 400, borderRadius: 50 }}
transition={{ repeat: Infinity, duration: 1 }}
className="circle"
/>
CodeSandbox Example
React Spring
react-spring is a spring-physics based animation library that should cover most of your UI related animation needs.
Installation
npm i react-spring
Usage
Imports
import { useSpring, animated } from "react-spring";
Code
We have imported two things useSpring and animated.
useSpring: We define all the properties of the animation and transition here.
from
define the initial properties of the element andto
is the final properties.animate: It is used to define the element for the transition. It works as a component that takes style as the defined animation in useSpring.
const props = useSpring({
to: { y: 200, opacity: 0.5 },
from: { y: 0, opacity: 1 },
});
<animated.div style={props} className="circle"></animated.div>
CodeSandbox Example
React Motion
A spring that solves your animation problems.
Installation
npm i react-motion
Usage
Imports
import { Motion, spring } from "react-motion";
Code
-
Motion: Every animation and property is wrapped inside the
Motion
component. It contains the default style and animation properties usingspring
.
<Motion
defaultStyle={{
translateX: 0,
opacity: 0,
}}
style={{
translateX: spring(200),
opacity: spring(1),
}}
>
{(interpolatedStyles) => (
<div
style={{
transform: `translateY(${interpolatedStyles.translateX}px)`,
opacity: `${interpolatedStyles.opacity}`
}}
className="circle"
></div>
)}
</Motion>
CodeSandbox Example
Refersh to play the animation
Last Note
These are 3 Animation libraries for ReactJS that I like and use in my project for animation.
I hope you will try to use one of the libraries in your next project. Thanks for reading the post.
Top comments (2)
👍Great article and how about GSAP.js?
I haven't tried it yet