What was the motivation for John Resig to work in Khan Academy?

Mr. Resig was compelled to work at KA because of its non-profit status and goal to educate the world. You can learn more in his blog post: https://johnresig.com/blog/next-steps-in-2011/

I don't know which course I should take first. 1. HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive 2. HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive with jQuery Also, is JS Library made by Kahnacademy (which means it is only used in Kahnacademy), or is it used worldwide?

1. jQuery should generally be learned once you know about HTML and JS first. In other words, the first option would be best. 2. It's used worldwide.

He talked really fast, what did he say?

On the page for this video under where it says "From the inventor: Welcome!" there is a tab that says "Transcript". The transcript contains a written version of everything he says.

There are some course in Khan Academy: 1. Intro to JS: Drawing and Animation 2.HTML / JS: Making webpages interactive 3.HTML / JS: Making webpages interactive with Jquery . Which course I should take first if i am the newbie ?

I would suggest Intro to JS: Drawing and Animation.

Main content

Course: Computer programming - JavaScript and the web > Unit 7

Lesson 1: Welcome to jQuery

From the inventor: Welcome!

Name: From the inventor: Welcome!
Uploaded: 2015-09-28T20:42:16Z
Description: Meet John Resig, the developer who invented jQuery back in 2005. He now works as an software engineer at Khan Academy!

Google Classroom

Meet John Resig, the developer who invented jQuery back in 2005. He now works as an software engineer at Khan Academy!

Want to join the conversation?

Sort by:

Olegasm
Posted 7 years ago. Direct link to Olegasm's post “What was the motivation f...”
What was the motivation for John Resig to work in Khan Academy?
Button navigates to signup pageButton navigates to signup page
(0 votes)
Answer
- budster the dingo
  Posted 7 years ago. Direct link to budster the dingo's post “Mr. Resig was compelled t...”
  Mr. Resig was compelled to work at KA because of its non-profit status and goal to educate the world. You can learn more in his blog post: https://johnresig.com/blog/next-steps-in-2011/
  Comment on budster the dingo's post “Mr. Resig was compelled t...”
  (15 votes)
chs8275
Posted 8 years ago. Direct link to chs8275's post “I don't know which course...”
I don't know which course I should take first.
1. HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive
2. HTML/JS: Making webpages interactive with jQuery

Also, is JS Library made by Kahnacademy (which means it is only used in Kahnacademy), or is it used worldwide?
Button navigates to signup pageButton navigates to signup page
(0 votes)
Answer
- Hail
  Posted 8 years ago. Direct link to Hail's post “1. jQuery should generall...”
  1. jQuery should generally be learned once you know about HTML and JS first. In other words, the first option would be best.
  
  2. It's used worldwide.
  Button navigates to signup page
  (8 votes)
eitan ehrlich[inactive]
Posted 4 years ago. Direct link to eitan ehrlich[inactive]'s post “He talked really fast, w...”
He talked really fast, what did he say?
Button navigates to signup pageButton navigates to signup page
(0 votes)
Answer
- WillTheProgrammer
  Posted 4 years ago. Direct link to WillTheProgrammer's post “On the page for this vide...”
  On the page for this video under where it says "From the inventor: Welcome!" there is a tab that says "Transcript". The transcript contains a written version of everything he says.
  Comment on WillTheProgrammer's post “On the page for this vide...”
  (5 votes)
Grayer
Posted 7 years ago. Direct link to Grayer's post “How many games do you hav...”
How many games do you have?
Button navigates to signup pageButton navigates to signup page
(2 votes)
Answer
janekramsey
Posted 8 months ago. Direct link to janekramsey's post “why did you invent it?”
why did you invent it?
Button navigates to signup pageComment on janekramsey's post “why did you invent it?”
(1 vote)
Answer
hungnguyenquoc8a2
Posted 6 years ago. Direct link to hungnguyenquoc8a2's post “There are some course in ...”
There are some course in Khan Academy:
1. Intro to JS: Drawing and Animation
2.HTML / JS: Making webpages interactive
3.HTML / JS: Making webpages interactive with Jquery .
Which course I should take first if i am the newbie ?
Button navigates to signup pageComment on hungnguyenquoc8a2's post “There are some course in ...”
(0 votes)
Answer
- Smaranika Jana
  Posted 6 years ago. Direct link to Smaranika Jana's post “I would suggest Intro to...”
  I would suggest Intro to JS: Drawing and Animation.
  Button navigates to signup page
  (2 votes)
The #1 xkcd Proponent
Posted 8 years ago. Direct link to The #1 xkcd Proponent's post “How would you access data...”
How would you access data from other websites? (e.g. the Dow opening price for the geohashing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geohashing) algorithm I'm making)
Button navigates to signup pageButton navigates to signup page
(1 vote)
Answer
- Ben Burrill
  Posted 8 years ago. Direct link to Ben Burrill's post “On KA, this is a bit hard...”
  On KA, this is a bit hard because there are restrictions on what websites you can access. One (kinda terrible) idea might be to write a bot that updates a file on github (which can be accessed on KA as JS, so you could do some kind of JSONP thing). Other than asking KA for more access or doing it off KA, I can't think of much else. Anyway, in jQuery, the function you probably want depending on what you are doing is $.getJSON
  
  You might be interested to know that Python has the geohashing algorithm built in to the standard library as an easter egg. If you import antigravity it will open up http://xkcd.com/353/ in your webbrowser and also defines the function antigravity.geohash. It doesn't look up the stock market price automatically though, you have to pass that in yourself.
  Comment on Ben Burrill's post “On KA, this is a bit hard...”
  (0 votes)
eitan ehrlich[inactive]
Posted 4 years ago. Direct link to eitan ehrlich[inactive]'s post “Is jQuerey the same as SQ...”
Is jQuerey the same as SQL?
Button navigates to signup pageButton navigates to signup page
(1 vote)
Answer
- Cavan P
  Posted 4 years ago. Direct link to Cavan P's post “jQuery is to SQL as Germa...”
  jQuery is to SQL as German is to English.
  
  They're two different langauges. JQuery is a multi-browser JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. SQL, 'Structured Query Language', is a programming language designed to manage data stored in relational databases.
  Comment on Cavan P's post “jQuery is to SQL as Germa...”
  (1 vote)
wowsk
Posted 9 years ago. Direct link to wowsk's post “@John Resig: How long did...”
@John Resig: How long did it take you to create the original jQuery library?
Button navigates to signup pageButton navigates to signup page
(0 votes)
Answer
- Bryce
  Posted 9 years ago. Direct link to Bryce's post “*Edit*: John answers the ...”
  Edit:
  John answers the question here:
  https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/html-js-jquery/jquery-dom-access/a/history-of-jquery?qa_expand_key=ag5zfmtoYW4tYWNhZGVteXJDCxIIVXNlckRhdGEiIHVzZXJfZW1haWxfa2V5X2plcmVzaWdAZ21haWwuY29tDAsSCEZlZWRiYWNrGICAgICI2LgKDA
  
  You can probably learn about that here:
  https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/html-js-jquery/jquery-dom-access/a/history-of-jquery
  Comment on Bryce's post “*Edit*: John answers the ...”
  (1 vote)
HexagonNoah
Posted 8 years ago. Direct link to HexagonNoah's post “to do this course do I ha...”
to do this course do I have to have completed the HTML/JS:Making webpages interactive course?
Button navigates to signup pageButton navigates to signup page
(0 votes)
Answer
- Showmik Ahad
  Posted 8 years ago. Direct link to Showmik Ahad's post “Can i avoid javascript if...”
  Can i avoid javascript if i learn jquery ?
  Button navigates to signup page
  (1 vote)

Video transcript

John Resig: Hi, I'm John Resig. I'm the creator of the jQuery JavaScript library. I work here at Khan Academy. I created jQuery back in 2005 when I was in college. And here at Khan Academy, I work on a number of different things including building the live coding editor that you use here on the website. I hope you'll really enjoy this course about jQuery. I know I love it, and I hope you do, too.