August just got a little hotter, because jQuery 1.8 final code is here! You can pick up the code from jQuery’s CDN: http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.0.min.js (compressed and minified, for production) http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.0.js (uncompressed, for debugging) As usual, the Google and Microsoft CDNs will also have the file soon. Please don’t ask us about when they’ll be there, we … Continue reading
jQuery 1.8RC1 is here. Yep, RC as in Release Candidate. The good news is that this release is a few days later than I expected it to be. It’s good news because we received several valuable but last-minute bug reports we were able to fix. Many thanks to those of you who took the time … Continue reading
It’s been a crazy few weeks around jQuery Central, what with the release of Beta 1 and the jQuery Conference in San Francisco following that. Fear not! Between all the travel, conferences, meetings, and blog posts about the future of jQuery, we’ve actually managed to write some more code. As proof, here is jQuery 1.8 … Continue reading
In order to make your 4th of July more sizzlin’ (you’re welcome), the jQuery team is happy to announce that Sizzle, jQuery’s CSS selector engine, is better, faster, and more reliable than ever! Sizzle has received a substantial rewrite to be included with the release of jQuery 1.8. First, credit should be given to Diego … Continue reading
It seems that many people had questions and misconceptions about the last post, so let’s try a short Q&A format to answer some of the comments left there. Why is the jQuery core team dropping support for oldIE (IE 6/7/8)? We’re not! jQuery 1.9 will support oldIE when it’s released next year. The jQuery team … Continue reading
Please check out the followup post before jumping to the wrong conclusion. As the last blog post discussed, jQuery version 1.8 is undergoing a spring cleaning to remove insecure, inefficient, ineffective, and inadvisable features. We’ve also begun the work to allow you to build custom versions that exclude parts of the library for even greater … Continue reading
Hello fellow jQuery users! It’s been a while since you’ve heard from us, but we haven’t been asleep. The jQuery Core Team has been heads-down working on jQuery 1.8, and our first beta release is now available! You can get the code from the jQuery CDN: http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8b1.js Give it a try on your current jQuery … Continue reading
In response to the flood of requests and emails, and our original promise to work on this, we’ve got an announcement: we’ve added a single day Beginner/Intermediate training right before the San Francisco jQuery Conference :) Tickets are on sale now (left side, below the fold). The training will be provided by our friends at Bocoup, … Continue reading
Touch events have become a hot topic for web developers as more and more companies move into the mobile space. Most of us know that touch events support single and multi-touch tracking. Some of us know the trickiness of working with touch and mouse at the same time. Fewer know that there are multiple touch … Continue reading
The jQuery team is going bowling and we’d love to have you join us! We’ll be spending the evening of Friday, April 13th at King Pinz in Leesburg, VA, a bit outside of Washington, DC. We’ll have a private room with 6 lanes from 6 to 10 PM. The night will feature unlimited bowling, dinner, desserts, … Continue reading