# Animation Loops using requestAnimationFrame | kirupa.com

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [March 20, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-loops-using-requestanimationframe-kirupa-com/636229 "2017-03-20T06:59:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 6:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/animation-loops-using-requestanimationframe-kirupa-com/636229/1 "2017-03-20T06:59:40Z")

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by [kirupa](http://www.kirupa.com/www.kirupa.com/me/index.htm) | 15 August 2013

In this short video, I continue my unhealthy obsession with the requestAnimationFrame function by summarizing what it does and the role it plays in animation loops.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/html5/animation\_loops\_using\_requestAnimationFrame.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/html5/animation_loops_using_requestAnimationFrame.htm)