Today at Mix10 we announced our increased support and involvement in the jQuery Library and how we are working closely with the community and the jQuery Team to accelerate the development of this already powerful front-end library.
In recent weeks leading up to Mix we have been working with John Resig and the rest of the team on a proposal, specification and prototype of a new jQuery templating engine, designed to make it easier than ever before to create rich, data-driven web applications.
What we showed in the keynote today represented an early prototype of the jQuery Templating engine based off the community-driven specification. Right now the feature is available as a jQuery plugin but we hope to include it in the core library in the future.
This is an exciting step for Microsoft as it increases its involvement in open source – in the spirit of the community – and will help make the web a better place for everyone, regardless of server-side technology.
What can you do today?
In the spirit of the jQuery community-driven development model we encourage you to get involved by reviewing the specification and and provide feedback on the jQuery forums.
There are a couple of prototypes out there on Github right now, an original version and a more recent version with more functionality. I recommend trying out both and seeing which you like best – then let us know of course!
Come along to a jQuery Conference
Next month in April, jQuery will be holding its conference at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus in Mountain View – come along to learn more about the jQuery Templating Engine and jQuery from the team.
(Picture – Discussing the Day 2 Keynote backstage, Left to right, Rey Bango, John Resig, Scott Hanselman, Scott Guthrie, James Senior)