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# [Understanding requestAnimationFrame](https://blog.niranjanborawake.in/understanding-requestanimationframe-5f59397a4314?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

We have been using setInterval to manage all JavaScript animations. setInterval (performAnimation, 100); Here 100 is quite a tricky magical number. It is very difficult to come with this number (delay). It needs to be short enough so that the anima...

Jan 11, 2018 · 2 min read · blog.niranjanborawake.in  
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