In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about Framer Motion — why it is so cool, and how it can improve animations in your projects.

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Show Notes

4:53 - The 411

Previous knowns as Pop Motion Pose
Animation library with focus on ease of use
Utilizes both spring and duration based animations

7:19 - Pose

Pose was previously more pose based - aka you made scenes and toggled between them
This still exists within Motion as variants, but isn't the main way

8:06 - The New New

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- animate prop is basically a live value for the animation
- initial for initial state
- exit for animating out with use of animatePresence
Hard stuff made easy
- drag prop
Full control over properties like duration and easing
Orchestration features, this then that
Variants
- Multiple scenes allow you to orchestrate many animations with a single state change
Handles hover and tap easily
Scroll values
SVG path animations

19:45 - Final Thoughts

Framer Motion is easier
React Spring is much smaller
React Spring makes very complex animation possible

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