Chapter 20: How to install Motion for React
Core Idea
Learn to install and set up Motion in your React project.
Key Concepts
- Prerequisites: Before you install Motion
- Install via package manager: The most common way of installing Motion is via a package manager.
- npm: Once the package is installed
- Yarn: Once the package is installed
- pnpm: Once the package is installed
- Add via CDN: It's also possible to import Motion directly from an external CDN
- Frameworks: Motion is designed to work seamlessly with modern React frameworks.
- Next.js: Motion supports both the Next.js Page and App Routers.
- Vite: No special configuration is needed with Vite.
Code Examples
npm install motion
- What it demonstrates: Core usage pattern for How to install Motion for React.
Key Takeaways
- Package managers like npm, Yarn and pnpm.
- CDN via jsDelivr.
- Frameworks like Next.js and Vite.
Connects To
- Motion for React: Get started - React Animation Library: related Motion doc page.
- React motion component: related Motion doc page.
- Custom cursor & follow-cursor animations: related Motion doc page.
- React Animation: related Motion doc page.