🎂 Today Aug 26th, we are wishing a happy 18th bday to @jquery 1.0. The most popular javascript library by a mile and not close. It remains in the history books as a pivotal moment in web/developer history. As usual, sharing a few links as a reminder for all to enjoy: 🔸 As I mentioned, jQuery's popularity and use on the web is unrivalled. You can see the data from @HTTPArchive's 2022 web almanac almanac.httparchive.org/en/2… 🔸 Of course, I took a look at what kind of performance the web has tracked re: sites using jQ. Per cwvtech.report: 🔹 ~7M sites. INP: 80%, LCP: 61%, CLS: 79%, CWV: 46% lookerstudio.google.com/repo… 🔸 I always share this thread from a few yrs back after having a chat w/ @jeresig with little known gems about jQ -- or what almost became jSelect 👀 xitter.cf/HenriHelvetica/status/… 🔸 In 2011, John gave a very insightful talk at @FronteersConf on how things blossomed for jQuery. Some lessons that could apply today. vimeo.com/32957711 🔸 John was also recently on the @syntaxfm podcast to discuss what he's doing at current: youtube.com/watch?v=aE9mIWqC… Anyhow, it's still very present on the web, and there's no shortage of jQ literacy appreciated as it's still actively maintained AND simply works. Per @cassidoo: xitter.cf/cassidoo/status/182750… Enjoy!