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jQuery rocks so hard. It is one of the coolest things I know. I found jQuery about 5 months ago and was completely hooked in minutes. I joined the mailing list, started hanging out in IRC (freenode: #jquery), and lately I’ve been getting involved with some contributions.

Ben Nadel posted an awesome description of what using jQuery is like, and just one of the many reasons jQuery rocks. Here’s an excerpt:

How is it possible that I’m still surprised as to how little jQuery code is required to make some really awesome stuff. It’s just bananas. When I code in jQuery I am overwhelmed with this feeling that things are just falling into place. It’s not like an adrenaline rush or anything - I’m trying to think of how to explain it… more

Thanks Ben, for putting nicely into words what I have been feeling since I found this awesome library.

But jQuery is more than just an awesome set of code. jQuery is a fantastic (and large and growing) community of skilled, genius, helpful, creative, respectful, and talented gurus. It really is a joy to be a part of. That’s why I’ve decided to write a series of articles: jQuery Rocks. This is the first one.