Exactly 20 years ago today, jQuery was announced to the world!

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jQuery was announced at BarCamp NYC on January 14, 2006 by John Resig @jeresig, and is now maintained by the jQuery Team including Timmy @timmywil, Michał @mgol and myself (on the infra side).

Usage still grows every year, both in traffic (via the jQuery CDN) and number of distinct sites overall (incl self-hosted and other CDNs).

https://jquery.org/history/

https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/web-design-history/jquery-2006

https://johnresig.com/files/jquery-original.html

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Frontend trends inside startups and new projects have shifted, of course, but...

Did you know relative usage of jQuery @jquery among top sites only decreased for the very first time in 2024?

BuiltWith 1M peaked at 78% in December 2023.

https://trends.builtwith.com/javascript/jQuery

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I love htmx so much. It reminds me of the jQuery days when sites needed and only had just enough interactivity to make them useful. Way before the bloated React/Vue crap ruined a lot of sites for little gain.

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ESUpgrade has an experimental #jQuery mode now 🎉 use with `--jQuery` and caution 😳
https://github.com/codingjoe/esupgrade?tab=readme-ov-file#jquery

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jQuery 4.0.0 Released

https://blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/jquery-4-0-0/

#HackerNews #jQuery #jQuery4 #jQueryUpdate #JavaScript #WebDevelopment

ESUpgrade has an experimental #jQuery mode now 🎉 use with `--jQuery` and caution 😳
https://github.com/codingjoe/esupgrade?tab=readme-ov-file#jquery

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It's here! jQuery 4.0.0 FINAL is released! 3 days after jQuery's 20th birthday. https://blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/jquery-4-0-0/ #jquery #happybirthday #jqueryreunion

I love htmx so much. It reminds me of the jQuery days when sites needed and only had just enough interactivity to make them useful. Way before the bloated React/Vue crap ruined a lot of sites for little gain.

#htmx #jQuery

The jQuery team has released version 4.0, introducing breaking changes, modern browser support, and long-planned cleanups.
https://linuxiac.com/jquery-4-0-released-after-a-decade-with-modernization-changes/

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jQuery 4.0.0 Released

https://blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/jquery-4-0-0/

#HackerNews #jQuery #jQuery4 #jQueryUpdate #JavaScript #WebDevelopment

It's here! jQuery 4.0.0 FINAL is released! 3 days after jQuery's 20th birthday. https://blog.jquery.com/2026/01/17/jquery-4-0-0/ #jquery #happybirthday #jqueryreunion

Follow @jquery or subscribe to https://blog.jquery.com/ in your feed reader to stay tuned. jQuery 4.0 is coming soon!

https://blog.jquery.com/2025/08/11/jquery-4-0-0-release-candidate-1/

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Follow @jquery or subscribe to https://blog.jquery.com/ in your feed reader to stay tuned. jQuery 4.0 is coming soon!

https://blog.jquery.com/2025/08/11/jquery-4-0-0-release-candidate-1/

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