Posts Tagged ‘JavaScript’
Support the JQuery Project
Adopting JQuery was one of the smartest technology decisions we made.
Gordon and I faced a lot of technology choices when we began work on Infovark. One of the best decisions we made was using the JQuery JavaScript framework.
Today marks the official release of JQuery 1.4. This new version brings several performance improvements, greater support for JSON, Ajax, and HTML 5, and many other improvements.
What are you waiting for? Go get it.
Share the love
All this programming goodness comes free, but the JQuery Project is asking for contributions to support the effort.
Since the Infovark coffers are a bit thin at the moment, I made a personal donation to the JQuery Project. To celebrate the release of JQuery 1.4, for the next 14 days any donation over $20 will receive a free JavaScript ebook. The details are on the donate page.
I gave the JQuery Project $30. Considering the amount of time it’s saved me, it was a small amount, but I figure every bit helps.
If you’ve found JQuery valuable, consider giving something back to the community. And if you haven’t, you owe it to yourself to check out the latest release with its improved API documentation.
JQuery Turns 3
When we began work on the Infovark user interface, we decided to base it on HTML and JavaScript. Both Gordon and I are very comfortable with web development, so it was a natural choice. We also felt this would give us the most flexibility to run on different platforms with different screen sizes. For better or worse, HTML and JavaScript have together become the lingua franca of interactive design.
Both have their drawbacks, of course. HTML and JavaScript have evolved over time. They each have quirks, particularly with regard to the Document Object Model (DOM). Fortunately there are a wide variety of JavaScript libraries that help programmers working with HTML and JavaScript.
We love JQuery
After doing a little research, we settled on on JQuery. JQuery makes us love JavaScript again. It’s a simple, small library that works across all major browsers. It deals with all the inconsistencies that emerge from the last decade of tinkering with web standards. Most importantly, it helps us get things done.
Microsoft has decided that they love JQuery, too. John Resig, the progenitor of the JQuery project, announced in September that jQuery will be distributed with Visual Studio. Two prominent Microsoft bloggers, Scott Guthrie and Scott Hanselman, also discussed the news.
It keeps getting better
Momentum around the project continues to build. The JQuery blog just posted news about the JQuery 1.3 release and the JQuery Foundation. Most exciting of all (from our perspective as developers) is the release of revamped JQuery API documentation.
Congratulations to the JQuery team! It’s come a long way in three short years.
