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by Van Hai Le

HTML

<div class="site-wrap">

    <h1>Slide in on Scroll</h1>

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    <img src="http://unsplash.it/400/400" class="align-left slide-in">

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CSS

html {
      box-sizing: border-box;
      background: #ffc600;
      font-family: 'helvetica neue';
      font-size: 20px;
      font-weight: 200;
    }
    
    body {
      margin: 0;
    }
    
    *, *:before, *:after {
      box-sizing: inherit;
    }
    h1 {
      margin-top: 0;
    }
    .site-wrap {
      max-width: 700px;
      margin: 100px auto;
      background: white;
      padding: 40px;
      text-align: justify;
    }
    .align-left {
      float: left;
      margin-right: 20px;
    }
    .align-right {
      float: right;
      margin-left: 20px;
    }
    .slide-in {
      opacity: 0;
      transition: all .5s;
    }
    .align-left.slide-in {
      transform: translateX(-30%) scale(0.95);
    }
    
    .align-right.slide-in {
      transform: translateX(30%) scale(0.95);
    }
    .slide-in.active {
      opacity: 1;
      transform: translateX(0%) scale(1);
    }

JavaScript

function debounce(func, wait = 20, immediate = false) {
      var timeout;
      return function() {
        var context = this, args = arguments;
        var later = function() {
          timeout = null;
          if (!immediate) {
						func.apply(context, args);
					}
        };
        var callNow = immediate && !timeout;
				clearTimeout(timeout);
        timeout = setTimeout(later, wait);
        if (callNow) func.apply(context, args);
      };
    };
		
    const sliderImages = document.querySelectorAll('.slide-in');
    function checkSlide() {
		console.log('checkSlide CALLED');
      sliderImages.forEach(sliderImage => {
        // half way through the image
        const slideInAt = (window.scrollY + window.innerHeight) - sliderImage.height / 2;
        // bottom of the image
        const imageBottom = sliderImage.offsetTop + sliderImage.height;
        const isHalfShown = slideInAt > sliderImage.offsetTop;
        const isNotScrolledPast = window.scrollY < imageBottom;
        if (isHalfShown && isNotScrolledPast) {
          sliderImage.classList.add('active');
        } else {
          sliderImage.classList.remove('active');
        }
      });
    }
    window.addEventListener('scroll', debounce(checkSlide));