John Resig

programmer, creator of jQuery

Born: 8 May 1984, Boston
Age: 42

John Resig (born May 8, 1984) is an American software engineer and author, best known as the creator of jQuery, the most widely used JavaScript library. jQuery is used on approximately 77% of the top 10 million websites, making it the most deployed JavaScript library by a large margin. He is the chief software architect at Khan Academy, where he has worked since 2011.

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