Happy 3rd Birthday, jQuery

jQuery, a popular Javascript library that lets website developers dobeautiful things with relative ease, is celebrating its 3rd birthdaytoday with an announcement that the project has joined the non-profitSoftware Freedom Conservancy and the release of a new version.

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jQuery，一个流行的Javascript库，它让网站开发者们很容易地去做漂亮的事情。
今天它发布了新版本，并发出公告说该项目已加入到非盈利组织Softare Freedom Conservancy，同时庆祝它的三岁生日。

Project participant Rey Bango points out on the blog Ajaxian today,“considering the churn rate for open source projects, [jQuery's 3rdbirthday] is a monumental achievement.”

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项目嘉宾Rey Bango指出在今天的Ajaxian博客上“考虑开源项目的流失率，
[jQuery的三岁生日]是一个不朽的成就。”

jQuery started out as a side project of Mozilla JavascriptEvangelist John Resig. It was released at a meeting of BarCamp New Yorkand has won widespread support from everyone from Microsoft and Nokiato a wide range of independent designers.

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jQuery开始作为Mozilla Javascript传播者项目的一方面。
在纽约的BarCamp大会上，它被传播并赢得了从微软和诺基亚，到独立设计师们的广泛支持。

What does jQuery do? Its tag line is “the write less, do moreJavascript library” and it’s a favorite of many developers working oncutting edge and visually dazzling designs. Want to see some examples?Check out our coverage of the crowd pleasing blog comment systemEncouraged Commentary and Drew Douglas’sThe 20 Most Practical andCreative Uses of jQuery.

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jQuery是做什么的？它的标签定义为“写更少代码，做更多事的Javascript库”，
并且它是许多在尖端方面的开发者们，以及炫丽视觉设计师们的最爱。
想来些例子吗？请参看我们广受欢迎的博客的那些评论，
以及Douglas关于jQuery的20个最具实用和创新的应用。

If you’re a developer and you haven’t tried out jQuery yet - youprobably should. As Jennifer Stuart wrote when she finally did thisSpring, “Why I didn’t jump on this bandwagon sooner, I’m not sure, butI am kicking myself for it.”

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如果你是一个从没有尝试过jQuery的开发者，你或许该试试。
就像Jennifer Stuart在她今年春季写到“为什么我没有及时跟上潮流，
我不清楚，但我一直因它自责。”

With the addition of the jQuery code to the nonprofit SoftwareFreedom Conservancy, companies using the code are far more free fromfear of lawsuits for using it. For details on that development and anumber of new technical additions to jQuery, see the announcement onthe jQuery blog.

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另外，jQuery加入了非盈利组织Software Freedom Conservancy，
公司可以更自由的使用该代码，并再也不用害怕因使用它而带来的恐怖诉讼。
要了解jQuery的发展详情和一些新技术，请关注jQuery博客上的公告。

今天第一次发原创翻译，自己庆祝一下:P