John Resig

John Resig
John Resig
Born	May 8, 1984 (age 40)[citation needed]
Alma mater	Rochester Institute of Technology
Known for	jQuery; Processing.js; Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja; Pro JavaScript Techniques
	Scientific career
Institutions	Khan Academy; Mozilla Corporation; Rochester Institute of Technology
Website	ejohn.org; twitter.com/jeresig;

John Resig is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur, best known as the creator and lead developer of the jQuery JavaScript library^[5]

Education

Resig was educated at Rochester Institute of Technology^[1] graduating with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science in 2005. During this time he worked with Ankur Teredesai^[6]^[7] on data mining instant messaging networks and Jon Schull on exploring new ways of encouraging real-time online collaboration.^[1]

Career

John Resig currently works as an application developer at Khan Academy.^[8] Previously, he was a JavaScript tool developer for the Mozilla Corporation. For his work on jQuery he was inducted into the ^[1] on April 30, 2010.^[1]

Software projects

Resig has started or contributed to many JavaScript libraries, including:

JQuery^[5] a multi-browser JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML.
Processing.js,^[9] a port of the Processing language to JavaScript.^[10]
EnvJS,^[11] a port of the browser DOM to Rhino.^[12]
TestSwarm^[13] a distributed continuous integration test suite for JavaScript.^[14]
Sizzle,^[15] a standalone, pure-JavaScript, CSS selector engine.^[16]
FUEL,^[17] a Firefox extension development kit.^[18]

Resig is a frequent guest speaker at companies like Google and Yahoo! and has presented at many conferences related to web technology, including SXSW,^[19] Webstock,^[20] MIX, and Tech4Africa.^[21]

Publications

Resig is the author of a widely read blog, ^[22]^[23] and moderates a large number of 'subreddits' on Reddit. Resig is also the author of the book Pro JavaScript Techniques, published by Apress in 2006,^[24]^[4], Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja with Bear Bibeault, published by Manning Publications in December 2012^[3] and several other papers.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Gallery of Innovators | RIT Innovation Hall of Fame". Rit.edu. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
^ Apress, John Resig bio blurb
^ ^a ^b Resig, John. Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja. Manning Publications. ISBN 1-933988-69-X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ ^a ^b Resig, John (2006-12-11). Pro Javascript Techniques. Apress. p. 350. ISBN 1-59059-727-3. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ ^a ^b Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1145/1836543.1836557, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with |doi=10.1145/1836543.1836557 instead.
^ ^a ^b John Resig publications indexed by Google Scholar
^ John Resig publications indexed by Microsoft Academic
^ John Resig's blog, Next Steps in 2011
^ 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.
^ http://ejohn.org/blog
^ "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

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[halloffame-1] "Gallery of Innovators | RIT Innovation Hall of Fame". Rit.edu. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[bio_blurb-2] Apress, John Resig bio blurb

[ninja-3] Resig, John. Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja. Manning Publications. ISBN 1-933988-69-X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[pro-4] Resig, John (2006-12-11). Pro Javascript Techniques. Apress. p. 350. ISBN 1-59059-727-3. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[jquery-5] Attention: This template ({{cite doi}}) is deprecated. To cite the publication identified by doi:10.1145/1836543.1836557, please use {{cite journal}} (if it was published in a bona fide academic journal, otherwise {{cite report}} with |doi=10.1145/1836543.1836557 instead.

[googlescholar-6] John Resig publications indexed by Google Scholar

[microsoft-7] John Resig publications indexed by Microsoft Academic

[8] John Resig's blog, Next Steps in 2011

[9] Ignacio, Martin. "Processing.js". Processing.js. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[10] John Resig. "John Resig - Processing.js". Ejohn.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[11] "Bringing the Browser". Envjs. 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[12] John Resig. "John Resig - Bringing the Browser to the Server". Ejohn.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[13] "Home". GitHub. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[14] John Resig. "John Resig - JavaScript Testing Does Not Scale". Ejohn.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[15] "Sizzle JavaScript Selector Library". Sizzlejs.com. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[16] John Resig (2009-04-25). "John Resig - New Processing.js and Sizzle.js Sites". Ejohn.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[17] "FUEL - MozillaWiki". Wiki.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[18] John Resig (2008-06-24). "John Resig - Simple Extensions in Firefox 3". Ejohn.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[19] "SXSW 2012 - More Secrets of JavaScript Libraries". Panelpicker.sxsw.com. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[20] "Speakers | Webstock - New Zealand's web conference". Webstock. 2010-02-19. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[21] "Speakers at TECH4AFRICA". Tech4africa.com. 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[22] ttp://ejohn.org/blog

[23] "Twitter / John Resig: My goal for 2008 was to do". Twitter.com. 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

[24] Pro JavaScript Techniques : 9781590597279, APRESS.COM ^{[dead link]}Template:Wayback

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