Abstract :
John Resig discusses the birth of the JavaScript library jQuery and how it came to play a key role in the browser software ecosystem. The first Web extra at http://youtu.be/B7Aut4OUuvs is a video in which jQuery creator John Resig talks with Charles Severance about the birth of the JavaScript library jQuery and how it came to play a key role in the browser software ecosystem. The second Web extra at http://youtu.be/ZRxcFzSqatE is an audio recording of the Computing Conversations column in which Charles Severance discusses his interview with John Resig about the JavaScript library jQuery and how it came to play a key role in the browser software ecosystem.