What's New in Javascript

Scott and West talk about what’s new in JavaScript.

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Show Notes

1:55 - Scott’s new studio

4:57 - Pop Motion Pose

New library for React or vanilla JavaScript
Define locations instead of CSS styles
Pass the animation state into a React component as open or closed instead of active or inactive
Flip animation techniques
Style Fire - Simple HTML & SVG styler optimised for animation

8:44 - Intersection Observer

Browser-based API based on observables
Example uses: Tell me when this element is on the page, goes off the page or is halfway down the page

10: 32 - MDX

Webpack loader for MDX (i.e. JSX-infused Markdown) using mdx-it
Turns MarkDown files into components in Webpack

12:56 - Resize Observer

Watch elements for resize

15:47 Web Animations API

Works with animations natively in JavaScript
Tell your animations to play, pause, reverse, etc.
Instead of changing classes, you have full control over what the animation is doing
Web-Animation-JS Polyfill
Can I use

18:00 - Window Face Detector API