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Erik Hanchett
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Erik Hanchett

Erik Hanchett is a software developer, blogger, and perpetual student who has been writing code for over 10 years. He currently resides in Reno Nevada, with his wife and two kids. He blogs about software development at ProgramWithErik.com. I would like to thank my wife Susan for helping me stay motivated. My friend F.B. Woods for all his help on the English language and Dr. Bret Simmons for teaching me the value of a personal brand. I would also like to thank all my friends and family that encouraged me along the way.
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Christoph Körner
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Christoph Körner

Christoph Körner previously worked as a cloud solution architect for Microsoft, specializing in Azure-based big data and machine learning solutions, where he was responsible for designing end-to-end machine learning and data science platforms. He currently works for a large cloud provider on highly scalable distributed in-memory database services. Christoph has authored four books: Deep Learning in the Browser for Bleeding Edge Press, as well as Mastering Azure Machine Learning (first edition), Learning Responsive Data Visualization, and Data Visualization with D3 and AngularJS for Packt Publishing.
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Is there a web standard for animations?


One of the great things about D3 is that it directly uses underlying standards, such as SVG and CSS, rather than abstracting them with an API. This gives the developer access to all the features that are available within SVG and the web itself. When it comes to animations, one may ask what the web standard for animations is.

In this first section, we will see different ways and technologies that currently exist for animating SVG elements on the web. This will help you to pick the right technology for your application and use case.

Animate SVG using SMIL

Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language(SMIL) is a specification for interactive multimedia content on the web. SMIL animation is a specification for animating DOM elements with an XML syntax that is directly embedded in the DOM tree. Thanks to this, it suits perfectly well to animate SVG visualizations.

SMIL animations for SVG can be constructed using the following elements:

  • <animate>: This...

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Erik Hanchett

Erik Hanchett is a software developer, blogger, and perpetual student who has been writing code for over 10 years. He currently resides in Reno Nevada, with his wife and two kids. He blogs about software development at ProgramWithErik.com. I would like to thank my wife Susan for helping me stay motivated. My friend F.B. Woods for all his help on the English language and Dr. Bret Simmons for teaching me the value of a personal brand. I would also like to thank all my friends and family that encouraged me along the way.
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Christoph Körner

Christoph Körner previously worked as a cloud solution architect for Microsoft, specializing in Azure-based big data and machine learning solutions, where he was responsible for designing end-to-end machine learning and data science platforms. He currently works for a large cloud provider on highly scalable distributed in-memory database services. Christoph has authored four books: Deep Learning in the Browser for Bleeding Edge Press, as well as Mastering Azure Machine Learning (first edition), Learning Responsive Data Visualization, and Data Visualization with D3 and AngularJS for Packt Publishing.
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