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Page Transitions

Intermediate
Course

Integrate the Barba.js Javascript library into your websites and use CSS and Javascript techniques to add smooth and harmonious effects.

Purchase this course for $149

Or... get a discount by building a bundle with our learning paths!

This go-at-your-own-pace course has 4 hours of video lessons that will teach you how to create beautiful, smooth page transitions on your websites using CSS and Javascript.

In this course, SuperHi has designed and produced a series of projects covering how to make websites go from disconnected page navigation to seamless, animated transitions as your users click and interact around your web designs.

You will learn how to integrate the Barba Javascript library into your websites which will then allow you to add CSS and other Javascript techniques to add smooth, harmonious effects to your design work.

What you’ll learn

How to design with page transitions and animations in mind

Adding full and partial page transitions to a website design

How to add a timeline of animations between pages loading

How to cache future pages to make your site superfast

How to make sure all your code works on future page transitions

How to add animations within a page scroll

What you’ll get

Real world projects – Projects and code that you can alter and remix to add to your own sites and portfolio

Access the community – Join our Slack and connect with thousands of SuperHi students and alumni

Continued help – Help from our expert teachers and educators with years of experience in the industry

Resources – Resources to get you started and going post-course

4 hours of video lessons – Practical, go-at-your-own pace learning

Who this course is for

From graphic designers looking to bring movement to their creations to developers aiming to add a bit of pizzazz to their site interactions, this course is for anyone who wants to learn how to add seamless interstitial page transitions.

This is an intermediate course when it comes to page transitions, though we would recommend basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and a bit of Javascript before starting. If you don’t have this just yet, trying our Learn To Code Now book, or taking either our Foundation HTML, CSS + JS course or our Javascript for Designers course will help you feel as prepared as possible.

What you’ll need

A computer (Windows, Mac or Linux) with the latest version of Chrome installed and a broadband internet connection. That’s all!

Want to try our teaching before signing up? Join our free 'Plan, Design + Code Your First Website' course!

Syllabus

Chapter 1

Ava Sherry

In our first project, a portfolio site for a modern art photographer, we'll cover how to think about page transitions, how to add Barba to our project and what is the difference between transitions and views?

Chapter 2

Canvas Magazine

In Canvas Magazine, a blog, we add in more complex page transitions using GSAP timelines and add in more Javascript plugins such as imagesLoaded. We also cover how to make your current JS code work with Barba.

Chapter 3

Wanderers

In our final project, a gallery style site, we take what we've learned from the previous projects and apply it to full-page, wipe effect transitions based on whether we click previous or next.

Your instructors

Our instructors have decades of professional experience, have spoken at international conferences and have won countless web design awards.

Rik Lomas

Rik (he/him) is a Mancunian coder, teacher and CEO of SuperHi. He was the co-founder of Steer (a code school in London) and has taught several thousand people to code. He is a bit too old to be posting memes on our social media and recently featured as a Sour Patch Kid in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.

Kristen Altomare-Ciallella

Kristen is a Toronto-based senior visual designer at Glitch, a site for making websites from scratch. She previously worked for as a visual designer for SuperHi, Nike and Huge.

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FAQs

If you're comfortable working with a computer, then yes!

Learning new and improving your existing skills is about being patient with yourself, building up your knowledge, developing confidence through practice, and with time. We've seen our students around the world do it, and so can you.

Our beginner courses are designed for people new to the subjects. They grow your understanding so you grasp everything you need to start applying your new skills and will also give you a path to dig deeper if you want.

Our teaching style is practical and straightforward and you'll have support from our expert instructors and community for as long as you need.

Still not sure if learning to code is right for you? Take our free Plan, Design + Code Your First Website course or dive into our First Steps to Code guide.

We have quite a lot of students that join us and have done some coding before but want to build up confidence and techniques.

In order to help get you where you'd like to be, have a look at the sites below to see which course you can make from scratch, without any help at all.

Baker & Brown – If you struggle to make this website from scratch, don't worry! We recommend you start off with our Foundation, HTML, CSS + Javascript course.

Jenna Buchholz – If you struggle to make this website from scratch, it's all good! We recommend you start off with our Javascript for Designers course.

Super Shapes – If you struggle to make this website from scratch, have no fear! We recommend you start off with our Advanced CSS + Javascript course.

All of our courses are unlocked and available for students to start their learning and go at their own pace. We do have a suggested weekly structure for some courses, which helps some students stay on track. However, you're definitely free to jump ahead or take as long as you need!

As soon as you checkout and pay, you'll have all the courses you paid for, in your student dashboard available to you immediately. If you're busy and can't start right away - no worries, you can pick it back up later.

At SuperHi, we provide online courses designed for creatives and made for everyone. Take a course on Code, Design, or Project Management 😊

The proof is in the pudding! Our students go on to make their own beautiful sites and some of their stunning work have won digital design awards. Take a look at our Hall of Fame to see some of the sites our students have built, many of which had only taken our Foundation course!

If you're a SuperHi student or alumni and would like to submit your project to be included in our Hall of Fame, please feel free to submit it here.

Yes, we do! All you'd need to do is send the links to your completed projects over to hi@superhi.com at the end of your course. We will review them, provide feedback if necessary, and then issue your certificate!

All our course videos are taught using the SuperHi Editor, but you'll be able to apply everything you'll learn to a code editor of your choice. Many students go on to use other code editors, for example, if their workplace has an existing standard.

Our SuperHi Editor is designed with many smart features to help avoid wasted time looking for things like a typo or missing bracket (which is why we made it!), but the same code concepts apply to any editor.

Yes! You can use your own custom third-party domains and connect them to your sites built with our SuperHi Editor. Additionally, all SuperHi sites come with free SSL Certificates for added protection.

Here's more information on how to connect a third-party domain