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Their wordsCSS has become so powerful that there really aren't that many cases where we need to reach for an animation library these days; new APIs like View Transitions, linear(), and Animation Timeline make it possible to do all sorts of stuff without JavaScript.
Their wordsMy honest opinion is that the tools in this second category aren't worth using. They come with all of the "main thread" baggage we've been seeing in this lesson, as well as bloating our JavaScript bundles, without really offering anything in return.
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