It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly eight years since jQuery was released. Web development has changed a lot over the years, and jQuery has changed along with it. Through all of this time, the team has tried to walk the line between maintaining compatibility with code from the past versus supporting the best web … Continue reading →

Earlier this week the jQuery CDN had an issue that made the jquery-latest.js and jquery-latest.min.js files unavailable for a few hours in some geographical areas. (This wasn’t a problem with the CDN itself, but with the repository that provides files for the CDN.) While we always hope to have 100% uptime, this particular outage emphasized … Continue reading →

Ah, the air is sweet with the scent of spring and new jQuery 1.11.1 and 2.1.1 are in bloom. These are minor patch releases and shouldn’t pose any major compatibility issues. Throw a Cinco de Mayo party and have your friends come over to test. If you dig up a problem, let us know at … Continue reading →

Spring has sprung, and these release candidates for jQuery 1.11.1 and 2.1.1 are in full bloom. You know what that means? It’s time to get serious about testing! We really want our next release to be solid and reliable, and to do that we need your help. Please try out these files in your projects … Continue reading →

With Microsoft ending Windows XP support this month, we’re giving the jQuery community some long-lead-time notice on changes to browser support. First of all, don’t panic! Nothing is really changing with respect to the browsers that can run jQuery for at least six more months. Our goal is to let everyone in the web development … Continue reading →

It’s been a couple of months since our last releases escaped the grip of endless winter, so we thought it would be good to thaw out a beta that collects up the bugs that have been reported and fixed recently. Most of these bugs are mild as severity and frequency go, but that’s easier to … Continue reading →

Here in the eastern part of the United States, we’re huddling in subzero temperatures and dealing with the aftermath of a snowstorm. Still, there’s nothing to brighten our moods like the pristine beauty of a freshly fallen release–no, make that TWO releases. jQuery 1.11.0 and 2.1.0 are ready to keep you warm on these dark … Continue reading →

Put down the egg nog and get ready to test. The latest (and most likely last) betas of jQuery 1.11 and 2.1 are now submitted for your inspection and approval. You can get them here: http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0-beta3.js http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.0-beta3.js We know you’ve got a few days off over the holidays, so give us a big present and … Continue reading →

The latest betas of jQuery 1.11 and 2.0 have arrived! You can get them here: http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0-beta2.js http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.0-beta2.js Don’t forget that jQuery 1.x supports IE 6/7/8 and jQuery 2.x does not. What’s in the beta Asynchronous Module Definition (AMD): The biggest change in 1.11/2.1 continues to be AMD. jQuery has supported having the library itself loaded … Continue reading →