John Resig
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John Resig | |
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| Born | May 8, 1984 |
| Alma mater | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | JavaScript tool developer |
| Employer | Khan Academy |
| Known for | jQuery, Processing.js |
| Website | ejohn.org |
John Resig is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur, best known as the creator and lead developer of the jQuery JavaScript library.
Career
John Resig currently works as an application developer at Khan Academy.[1] He was a JavaScript tool developer for the Mozilla Corporation. For his work on jQuery he was inducted into the Rochester Institute of Technology's Innovation Hall of Fame on April 30, 2010.[2]
Other projects
Resig has also started or contributed to many other JavaScript libraries, including:
- Processing.js,[3] a port of the Processing language to JavaScript.[4]
- EnvJS,[5] a port of the browser DOM to Rhino.[6]
- TestSwarm[7] a distributed continuous integration test suite for JavaScript.[8]
- Sizzle,[9] a standalone, pure-JavaScript, CSS selector engine.[10]
- FUEL,[11] a Firefox extension development kit.[12]
Resig is a frequent guest speaker at companies like Google and Yahoo! and has presented at many conferences related to web technology, including SXSW,[13] Webstock,[14] MIX, and Tech4Africa.[15]
He is also the author of a widely read blog, ejohn.org,[16] and moderates a large number of 'subreddits' on Reddit.
Publications
Resig is the author of the book Pro JavaScript Techniques, published by Apress in 2006.[17][18] As of 2010, he worked on another book for Manning Publications, Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja with Bear Bibeault, which the publisher is planning to release in 2012.[19]
References
- ^ John Resig's blog, Next Steps in 2011
- ^ "Gallery of Innovators | RIT Innovation Hall of Fame". Rit.edu. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ Ignacio, Martin. "Processing.js". Processing.js. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ John Resig. "John Resig - Processing.js". Ejohn.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "Bringing the Browser". Envjs. 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ John Resig. "John Resig - Bringing the Browser to the Server". Ejohn.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "Home". GitHub. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ John Resig. "John Resig - JavaScript Testing Does Not Scale". Ejohn.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "Sizzle JavaScript Selector Library". Sizzlejs.com. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ John Resig (2009-04-25). "John Resig - New Processing.js and Sizzle.js Sites". Ejohn.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "FUEL - MozillaWiki". Wiki.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ John Resig (2008-06-24). "John Resig - Simple Extensions in Firefox 3". Ejohn.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "SXSW 2012 - More Secrets of JavaScript Libraries". Panelpicker.sxsw.com. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "Speakers | Webstock - New Zealand's web conference". Webstock. 2010-02-19. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "Speakers at TECH4AFRICA". Tech4africa.com. 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "Twitter / John Resig: My goal for 2008 was to do". Twitter.com. 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ Pro JavaScript Techniques : 9781590597279, APRESS.COM [dead link]Template:Wayback
- ^ Resig, John (2006-12-11). Pro Javascript Techniques. Apress. p. 350. ISBN 1-59059-727-3.
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