Name John Resig | Role Software engineer | |
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Born May 8, 1984 (age 40) ( 1984-05-08 ) Institutions Khan AcademyMozilla CorporationRochester Institute of Technology Residence New York City, New York, United States Books Pro JavaScript Techniques, Pro JavaScript Techniques. the Expert's Voice in Web Development. People also search for Dan Webb, Leo Resig, Jorn Zaefferer, Brandon Aaron Profiles |
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John Resig is an American software engineer and entrepreneur, best known as the creator and lead developer of the jQuery JavaScript library.
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- General assembly how to teach yourself to code with john resig
- John Resig How and Why he built jQuery
- Education
- Careers
- Software projects
- Publications
- References

John Resig: How and Why he built jQuery.
Education

He graduated with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2005. During this time he worked with Ankur Teredesai on data mining instant messaging networks and Jon Schull on exploring new ways of encouraging real-time online collaboration.
Careers
John Resig currently works as an application developer at Khan Academy. 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 on April 30, 2010.
Software projects

Resig has started or contributed to many JavaScript libraries, including:
Resig is a frequent guest speaker at companies like Google and Yahoo! and has presented at many conferences related to web technology, including SXSW, Webstock, MIX, and Tech4Africa.
Publications
Resig is the author of a widely read blog, and is the author of the book Pro JavaScript Techniques, published by Apress in 2006, Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja with Bear Bibeault, published by Manning Publications in December 2012 and several other papers.