John Resig
Creator of jQuery and chief software architect at Khan Academy.
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Roles
jQuery and Khan Academy (Chief Software Architect)
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- John Resig is an American software engineer who created jQuery, the most widely used JavaScript library.
- He released it at BarCamp NYC in January 2006, while still a student at RIT.
- He worked at Mozilla from 2007 to 2011 and joined Khan Academy in May 2011, where he is chief software architect.
- He also builds art-history databases, including Ukiyo-e.org for Japanese woodblock prints.
Key facts
- Born
- 8 May 19841
- Created
- jQuery (released January 2006); also Processing.js, Sizzle and TestSwarm1
- Role
- Chief Software Architect, Khan Academy (joined May 2011)1
- Before
- Mozilla Corporation, JavaScript evangelist and tool developer, from 2007 to 20111
- Books
- Pro JavaScript Techniques (2006); Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja (with Bear Bibeault, 2012); The GraphQL Guide (with Loren Sands-Ramshaw, 2021)1
- Digital humanities
- Launched Ukiyo-e.org in December 2012; board member, Japanese Art Society of America; visiting researcher, Ritsumeikan University1
- Education
- BS in computer science, Rochester Institute of Technology (2009)1
Roles
Founded
- jQueryProduct
since Jan 2006 source on jQuery
Part of
- Khan AcademyOrganization
Chief Software Architect; created its computer programming learning environment · since May 2011 source on Khan Academy
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