John Resig—John Resig created jQuery and released it as open source, transforming web development
Resig created jQuery in 2006, which became the most widely-used JavaScript library and fundamentally simplified cross-browser web development. Released under the MIT license and later stewarded by the jQuery Foundation (now OpenJS Foundation), it demonstrated the power of community-driven open source development.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Access & Information Freedom | +toward | secondary | +0.50 |
| Open Source | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +0.664 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Confirms product_decision Aug 26, 2006 verified
John Resig released jQuery in 2006, it became the most widely used JavaScript library
Resig released jQuery at BarCamp NYC in August 2006. It became the most widely used JavaScript library, at its peak running on over 70% of the top 10 million websites. Released under MIT license and now stewarded by the OpenJS Foundation.