// Josh W Comeau · 26 May 2026

CSS vs. JavaScript

There are a bunch of JavaScript animation libraries out there, and you might have wondered whether there’s a performance cost compared to traditional CSS transitions and keyframe animations. In this blog post, we’ll compare the same animation across several different strategies and see the differenc...

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Josh W Comeau@josh-w-comeau

Frontend developer sharing CSS tricks, React patterns, and web development insights through interactive tutorials.