Making The Case For jQuery

by Jonathan Sharp

Making The Case for jQuery

jQuery Conference 2008 - Making The Case for jQuery

Survey

• I use jQuery for:• Personal• Freelance projects•My project at my company•A number of projects at my company•My company has officially adopted jQuery

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The Enterprise

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Enterprise Technology Adoption

• How is technology adapted for an enterprise?

• RFP (Request For Proposal)

• COTS (Commercial Of The Shelf)

• Developer need (Developer Driven)

• Ultimately it’s a management decision• It’s an analytical decision• Encourage dialog, be patient

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Enterprise Concerns

• Legal & Licensing

• Technology (aka Standards)

• Training

• Support

•Maintenance

• Productivity

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Legal

• Licensing•MIT• GPL

• Verify enterprise software licensing standards

• Preemptive researchknow before you’re asked!

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Technology “Standards”

• jQuery is enterprise grade

• 75+ major sites adopted jQuery• Google Code, Netflix, Dell, MLB.com, BBC, Bank of America, etc.

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Training

• Online documentation is excellent• docs.jquery.com• Books: Learning jQuery, jQuery In Action, etc.• jQuery tutorials Abound

• Do training gap analysis• jQuery focused or general web development?

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Training

• jQuery Conference

• Internal brown bag training

• Enterprise training opportunities, talk to:• Karl Swedberg• Rey Bango• Jonathan Sharp

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Support

• jQuery Community• 11,000+ subscribers to the jquery-en mailing list• IRC• Bug Tracker

• Commercial/Enterprise Support• Life Rayhttp://ui.jquery.com/liferay

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Maintenance

•What about long term maintenance?

• Dedicate a TPM (technical product manager)• Responsible for following jQuery• Point person for your enterprise

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Productivity

• jQuery increases productivity•Needs to be quantified for management

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Enterprise Ownership

• Product owner• Responsible for tracking jQuery project

• Common repository• http://www.acmecompany.com/js/jquery-1.x.x.js

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Open Discussion

•What advice would you share in having jQuery adopted?

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jQuery White Paper

• Developing a jQuery white paper

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Thank you! Presentations will be linked fromhttp://events.jquery.com

Jonathan [email protected]

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