--- title: Web Animation Techniques – CSS vs JavaScript | daily.dev description: Web animations using CSS and JavaScript play a vital role in enhancing user experience on web pages. CSS animations are easy to use, perform well, and are... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/web-animation-techniques-css-vs-javascript-gluj2svxz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Web Animation Techniques – CSS vs JavaScript | daily.dev og:description: Web animations using CSS and JavaScript play a vital role in enhancing user experience on web pages. CSS animations are easy to use, perform well, and are... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/web-animation-techniques-css-vs-javascript-gluj2svxz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GLUj2sVXZ.png og:image:alt: Web Animation Techniques – CSS vs JavaScript og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Web Animation Techniques – CSS vs JavaScript **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 8 min read · 190 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Web animations using CSS and JavaScript play a vital role in enhancing user experience on web pages. CSS animations are easy to use, perform well, and are responsive. JavaScript animations offer more flexibility and interactivity, making them suitable for complex animations and data-driven content. A combination of both CSS and JavaScript animations can provide the best of both worlds. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@faysal\_71** · 0 upvotes > so handy and cool info **@keleugene** · 0 upvotes > Very informative **@alishersatimov** · 0 upvotes > cool **@ghost** · 0 upvotes > Thank you for the info! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/web-animation-techniques-css-vs-javascript-gluj2svxz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Web Animation Techniques – CSS vs JavaScript","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/web-animation-techniques-css-vs-javascript-gluj2svxz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/web-animation-techniques-css-vs-javascript-gluj2svxz"},"datePublished":"2023-10-19T16:04:58.137Z","dateModified":"2023-10-19T16:04:41.347Z","description":"Web animations using CSS and JavaScript play a vital role in enhancing user experience on web pages. 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