HTML was one of the first things that John Resig has mastered when he first started programming. Resig programmed in QBasic, when one of his friends showed him how to create a Web page (using Angelfire), as well as foundations HTML. His father gave him for Christmas two books on HTML. Just when he just started to program in Visual Basic, HTML and web design are very interested in it.
But the passion for JavaScript came much later, around 2004. Then Resig received a degree in computer science and worked part-time at a local firm Brand Logic. He was engaged in site design, which create a custom scrolling. John was disappointed and upset, especially because it used the code of other developers, then, decided to seriously consider JavaScript. Having arrived at the conclusion that JavaScript - a simple but elegant language, which is an incredibly powerful solution to many problems. Over the next couple of years D. Resig created a variety of JavaScript applications, before finishing the creation of jQuery. The library was presented to the public at a computer conference «BarCamp» in New York in 2006.
The main purpose of creating Resig jQuery saw the opportunity to encode multiple pieces of code that will simplify the JavaScript and use them so not to worry about cross-browser issues. Night in early 2006 Resig remember for life as lucky: he has finished work on jQuery and threw it in Internet Explorer - all earned. This was a success!
Version history
2009
March
March 6th, 2009 jQuery UI 1.7 Released: New domain, New CSS Framework & Dramatic Updates to Controls
February
February 20th, 2009 Maintenance release: jQuery 1.3.2 Released
January
January 21st, 2009 Bug fix release: jQuery 1.3.1 Released
January 14th, 2009 3rd year anniversary of jQuery. New jQuery Release: jQuery 1.3 and the jQuery Foundation
2008
August
August 28th, 2008 jQuery site redesign
July
July 14th, 2008 jQuery UI 1.5.2
June
June 2nd, 2008 jQuery UI 1.5 release candidate, we're getting excited
May
May 24th, 2008 jQuery 1.2.6
May 21th, 2008 jQuery 1.2.5: fix for bad build of 1.2.4
May 19th, 2008 jQuery 1.2.4: bugs fixing release
May 5th, 2008 jQuery UI new site : UI 1.5b4 and new effects
February
February 8th, 2008 jQuery 1.2.3: AIR, Namespacing, and UI Alpha
January
January 15th, 2008 Bug fix for jQuery 1.2, library is now 2 years old: jQuery 1.2.2: 2nd Birthday Present
2007
September
September 17th, 2007 New user interface library for jQuery: jQuery UI: Interactions and Widgets
September 16th, 2007 Bug fix for jQuery 1.2: jQuery 1.2.1: Quick Fixes for 1.2
September 10th, 2007 jQuery 1.2 released: jQuery 1.2: jQuery.extend("Awesome")
August
August 24th, 2007 jQuery 1.1.4: Faster, More Tests, Ready for 1.2
July
July 5th, 2007 Bug fix for jQuery 1.1.3: jQuery 1.1.3.1
July 1st, 2007 New version of jQuery released: jQuery 1.1.3: 800%+ Faster, still 20KB
July 1st, 2007 Announcement of new UI module under development: jQuery UI
June
June 18th, 2007 New Plugin Repository
May
May 20th, 2007 Third bug fix test release for 1.1: jQuery 1.1.3a
April
April 2nd, 2007 Mailing list moved to Google Groups, code now hosted by Amazon S3: Google Groups and Amazon S3
March
March 11th, 2007 11 people attend the first jQuery meetup at SXSWi
February
February 27th, 2007 Second bug fix release for 1.1: jQuery 1.1.2
January
January 22nd, 2007 First bug fix release for new version: jQuery 1.1.1
January 14th, 2007 jQuery Birthday: 1.1, New Site, New Docs
January 11th, 2007 Beta release of jQuery 1.1: jQuery 1.1b
January 8th, 2007 Alpha release of new version: jQuery 1.1a
2006
December
December 27th, 2006 Planning for jQuery 1.1: The Path to 1.1
December 12th, 2006 Last bug fix release for 1.0: jQuery 1.0.4
November
November 7th, 2006 Winners of the jQuery button contest announced: jQuery Button Contest Winners
October 27th, 2006 Third bug fix release for 1.0: jQuery 1.0.3
October
October 9th, 2006 Second bug fix release for 1.0: jQuery 1.0.2, with minor API changes (posted on 13 October)
September
September 22nd, 2006 Visual jQuery Magazine Released: Visual jQuery Magazine Released
September 7th, 2006 First sponsored developer joins the project: Sponsored jQuery Development
September 2nd, 2006 XML version of the API released: Taking jQuery Documentation to the next level
August
August 31st, 2006 First bug fix release for 1.0: jQuery 1.0.1
August 26th, 2006 First stable version of jQuery: jQuery 1.0
July
July 10th, 2006 Blogger recruitment begins: Bloggers Wanted. To allow members of the community to contribute to the jQuery Blog.
June
June 30th, 2006 jQuery 1.0 - Alpha Release
June 23rd, 2006 Planning for jQuery 1.0: The Road to 1.0
May
May 29th, 2006 jQuery available via SVN: SVN Access to jQuery
May 27th, 2006 jQuery moved under the MIT license: jQuery under the MIT license
April
April 24th, 2006 Thickbox released: Thickbox
March
March 21st, 2006 Bug fixes and new features: Accordion, values, oncomplete, and bug fixes!
February
February 26th, 2006 Ajax added to jQuery: Ajax, new fx, and more!
February 23rd, 2006 Bug fix release: Bugs Squished, Ajax on the way
January
January 27th, 2006 jQuery Mailing List set up: jQuery Mailing List
January 25th, 2006 First jQuery Plugin Built: First jQuery Plugin
January 24th, 2006 jQuery Blog set up: jQuery Blog
... The announcement of jQuery makes it to the front page of del.icio.us and Digg ...
January 14th, 2006 jQuery Announced at BarCampNYC: BarCampNYC Wrap-up
2005
August 22nd, 2005 John first hints of a JavaScript library to use CSS selectors with a more succinct syntax than existing libraries: Selectors in JavaScript
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