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jQuery
Fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers.
| First released | 2006 |
| Developed by | John Resig |
| Latest stable version | 3.6.0 |
| Open-source | Yes |
Interesting facts
The first jQuery plugin is “JSON for jQuery”. Created by Michael Geary and released on January 25, 2006, JSON for jQuery allowed you to easily request and output JSON data.
