John Resig is an American software engineer and entrepreneur, best known as the creator and lead developer of the jQuery JavaScript library.[5] As of 2021[update], he works as the chief software architect at Khan Academy.[6]
John Resig | |
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.jpg) Resig in 2010 | |
| Born | May 8, 1984[citation needed] |
| Alma mater | Rochester Institute of Technology[1][2] |
| Known for | jQuery Processing.js Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja[3] Pro JavaScript Techniques[4] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Khan Academy Mozilla Corporation Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Website | johnresig |
History
editResig graduated with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2005. During this time he worked with Ankur Teredesai[7][8] on data mining instant messaging networks and Jon Schull on exploring new ways of encouraging real-time online collaboration.[1]
As of 2011[update], Resig has worked as an application developer at Khan Academy.[9] Previously, 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[1] on April 30, 2010.[1]
Software projects
editResig 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,[10] a port of the Processing language to JavaScript.[11]
- EnvJS,[12] a port of the browser DOM to Rhino.[13]
- TestSwarm,[14] a distributed continuous integration test suite for JavaScript.[15]
- Sizzle,[16] a standalone, pure-JavaScript, CSS selector engine.[17]
- FUEL,[18] a Firefox extension development kit.[19]
Resig is a frequent guest speaker at companies like Google and Yahoo! and has presented at many conferences related to web technology, including SXSW,[20] Webstock,[21] MIX, and Tech4Africa.[22]
Publications
editResig is the author of a blog,[23] and is the author of the book Pro JavaScript Techniques, published by Apress in 2006,[4][24] Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja with Bear Bibeault, published by Manning Publications in December 2012[3] and several other papers.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Gallery of Innovators | RIT Innovation Hall of Fame". Rit.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-10-31. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ Apress, John Resig bio blurb Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Resig, John (2013). Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja. Manning Publications. ISBN 978-1-933988-69-6.
- ^ a b Resig, John (2006-12-11). Pro Javascript Techniques. Apress. p. 350. ISBN 978-1-59059-727-9. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
- ^ a b Bernstein, M. (2010). "Profile John Resig: The creator of jQuery talks about research, open source development and creating the most popular JavaScript library in use today". XRDS: Crossroads, the ACM Magazine for Students. 17: 44. doi:10.1145/1836543.1836557.
- ^ "John Resig - JavaScript Programming". Retrieved 2021-11-30.
- ^ 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". Johnresig.com. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "Bringing the Browser". Envjs. 2009-06-29. Archived from the original on 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ John Resig. "John Resig - Bringing the Browser to the Server". Johnresig.com. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "Home". GitHub. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ John Resig. "John Resig - JavaScript Testing Does Not Scale". Johnresig.com. 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". Johnresig.com. 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". Johnresig.com. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "SXSW 2012 - More Secrets of JavaScript Libraries". Panelpicker.sxsw.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. 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. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ John Resig - Blog. Johnresig.com. Retrieved on 2014-05-13.
- ^ Pro JavaScript Techniques : 9781590597279, APRESS.COM Archived June 9, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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