Rey Bango

JavaScript, HTML, CSS & Random Stuff…

Jun 30, 2008

jQuery & ColdFusion..CF'ers are Starting to Catch the Fever

I've been writing about the jQuery JavaScript framework for some time and really trying to help the CF community understand the power of this very lightweight library. As the head of evangelism for the jQuery project, it's my job to ensure that the correct message gets out about jQuery and that I continuously find ways of helping jQuery developers get the information they need. Being very vested in ColdFusion, I want CF developers to know why I chose jQuery for my JS development and how they can benefit from its power. So when I see so many big names in the CF world getting tuned onto it, I know there's something special about jQuery.

A cool thing that's happened of late is that jQuery has started to find it's way into the toolboxes of CF developers with no prodding at all. Basically, they've heard how great jQuery is, took it for a test run and are now hooked, the most recent being Ray Camden & Dan Vega.

This is very exciting to me as it demonstrates jQuery's continued growth and acceptance in the development world. Everyday I find new sites that are leveraging jQuery to add amazing functionality for their users and seeing CF developers adding to that is truly awesome.

If you want to learn more about the jQuery project, here is a great list of resources that I've compiled:

jQuery Current Version: v1.2.6

jQuery Main Site:

http://jquery.com/

jQuery UI Effects & UI Library Main Site:

http://ui.jquery.com/

The compressed & uncompressed code:

http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/downloads/list

SVN Info:

http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/source

Plugins & UI Widgets/Controls:

http://plugins.jquery.com/

Documentation:

http://docs.jquery.com/Main_Page

http://remysharp.com/jquery-api/

http://jquery.bassistance.de/api-browser/