Émile

Stand-alone CSS animation JavaScript mini-framework

• Doesn't need a JavaScript framework
• Full set of CSS properties for animation (length-based and colors)
• Easing and callbacks
• Less than 50 lines of code

Get updates on Twitter: http://twitter.com/emilejs

Also see the video of my presentation at Fronteers 2009: http://fronteers.nl/congres/2009/sessions/roll-your-own-effects-framework

Targeted platforms

Émile currently targets the following platforms:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows, version 6.0 and higher
• Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and higher
• Apple Safari 2.0.4 and higher
• Opera 9.25 and higher
• Chrome 1.0 and higher

Documentation

One method:

emile(element, style, options, after)

Parameters

• element (id | element) - element to which the animation will be applied
• style (String) - style which will be applied after the animation is finished
  • for some properties you'll need to define defaults on your page's css
• options (Object) - optional; the following options are available
  • duration (Number) - duration of the animation in milliseconds
  • after (Function) - a function which will be executed after the animation is finished
  • easing (Function) - easing function for the animation. Receives one argument pos which indicates position in time between animation's start and end
• after (Function) - optional; a callback that will be excuted after everything is done (in addition to options.after)

License

Émile is is licensed under the terms of the MIT License, see the included MIT-LICENSE file. Émile borrows its name from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Émile_Cohl.