I’ve slowly been moving jQuery over to SVN during the past month, with the move being nearly complete now. So, if you wish to keep track of jQuery through Subversion (and make sure you always have the latest code), you can do so via:

• The jQuery SVN Web Interface (This will probably soon change to a Trac-based installation.)
• Or checking the code out manually using:
  svn co svn://jquery.com/jquery

The biggest changes left to come to the repository is the creation of branches to keep track of the different versions of code, along with some solid, reliable, versioning for the main code base. I’ll have more specific news about that update, soon. If you have any questions concerning the code in the repository, or if you’d like to be able to commit, be sure to drop the the mailing list.

Mark Constable has created an excellent, and well-documented, resource for some interesting advanced jQuery Examples.

The examples range from the simple (such as fading text in and out) to the complex (such as live searching or input field focusing). All of the examples are fully documented, which makes this a great place to learn some new techniques from.

Also, Mark provides a simple format for submitting new examples, so I imagine that this repository will only grow in size (it’s already up to 10 entries). So check it out and be sure to thank Mark for all his hard work!

jQuery is now available, exclusively, under the MIT License. This license is much more open than the previous Creative Commons license used (and much better suited to software development). In a nutshell, for those not familiar with the MIT License, it’s about as free as you can get without actually putting something in the public domain. The only stipulation is that you keep the copyright along with the source code, and everything will be a-ok. Choosing this license was the result of a long discussion on the mailing list, figuring out what was best for everyone, including all the corporations that wanted to use it. If you have any questions as to how this might effect you (note: It probably won’t), just drop a note to the mailing list and we can help to set you straight.

An amazing new jQuery resource has just arrived: 15 Days of jQuery. It’s a new site run by Jack Born, devoted to providing simple tutorials for getting you started using jQuery. Jack created this site after using jQuery in his projects:

I consider [jQuery] the Swiss Army knife of Javascript – it’s small, versatile, and has almost zero learning curve… If you’re not a black belt in advanced javascript code by the end of these tutorials then you get 110% of your money back.

So far he has four tutorials up for you to browse but he’s planning on going up to the whole 15, during these next two weeks. After that, Jack is going to continue exploring and making posts – so you should subscribe now while it’s still young!

This is absolutely a phenomenal resource for anyone new to jQuery, or Javascript programming. I especially liked the Zebra Striping tutorial, it walks you through how to perform a common activity easily and simply with jQuery.