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Where in the World is John Resig?
He brought us jQuery, the most widely used JavaScript library on the planet. Then he brought us Processing.js, a JavaScript port of the popular data visualization programming language. Now, John Resig is on a mission to revamp the way people learn programming as the Dean of Computer Science for Khan Academy. The man never stops (does he even sleep?) giving back to the community, and after being out of the public eye for some time, I caught up with him to find out what he’s been up to.
Q You’ve taken a hiatus from the limelight. Where ya been?
Around :) But more seriously, I decided to spend more time doing application and server-side development — something that I didn’t spend much time on when I was working on jQuery full-time.
Q You’re still involved in the jQuery project but have turned over day-to-day core team leadership to Dave Methvin. What prompted that?
I was spending less time on the day-to-day bug fixing of jQuery and wanted to make sure that the project was going to be in good hands as I started to work on other things. They’ve been doing an excellent job of keeping the library in great shape. It’s in good hands!