In this episode of DejaVue, Michael and Alex chat with Matt Perry, the creator of Motion (formerly Framer Motion), about animations in web development.
Matt talks about his journey from designing gaming magazines as a kid to becoming a full-time developer, sharing his experiences with ActionScript, jQuery, and how Motion was born. They discuss how simple and powerful Motion's API is, its ability to work with different frameworks, and how it stacks up against other animation libraries like GSAP and AnimeJS.

But the episode also covers a lot of open source aspects, such as the challenges of keeping Motion going!
Matt explains how Motion+ funds the development of Motion with one-time payments and time-gated (then publicly available) content, to support the project.

Enjoy the episode!

Our Guest

Matt Perry

Chapters

(00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
(01:20) - How did you get into programming?
(05:18) - Adobe ActionScript
(08:33) - What is Motion (fka. Framer Motion)?
(12:21) - APIs and Limitations
(16:54) - Prerequisites for using Tools
(24:26) - The jQuery of web animations
(26:37) - The birth of Motion
(31:02) - Motion for Vue
(32:40) - Other "Motion for ..." adaptations?
(34:36) - Funding the project - Motion+
(40:00) - One-time Payment and Time-gating
(50:39) - Thoughts on other ways of monetizing Motion
(52:43) - Can AI replace animation libraries?
(57:41) - The difference between Motion and other libraries
(01:01:04) - Closing Thoughts

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Michael Thiessen

Alexander Lichter

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