jQuery
jQuery is undoubtedly one of the most successful and widely used technologies of all time. And it came into being because of browser inconsistencies; John Resig decided to do something about it. Rather than having the application developers maintain their own code that deals with all the mundane cross-browser issues, why not let jQuery handle that stuff for them?
jQuery has evolved over the years, thanks to thousands and thousands of users and contributing developers wanting to make frontend development less intimidating. Over time, it has changed certain aspects of itself and added new features to keep up with the changing environments in which it resides.
It's safe to say that jQuery has changed the way frontend development is done and ...
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