（1）前言——（2）序

I feel honored knowing that Karl Swedberg and Jonathan Chaffer undertook the task of writing Learning jQuery. As the first book about jQuery, it set the standard that other jQuery—and, really, other JavaScript books in general—have tried to match. It's consistently been one of the top selling JavaScript books since its release, in no small part due to its quality and attention to detail.

我很荣幸的知道Karl Swedberg 和 Jonathan Chaffer承担了书写Learning jQuery的任务。作为第一本关于jQuery的书，他建立了其他jQuery——事实上关于其他javascript的书——努力去达到的标准。自他出版以来，他一直都是顶级javascript畅销书之一，归功于他的质量和对细节的专注。

I'm especially pleased that it was Karl and Jonathan who wrote the book as I already knew them so well and knew that they would be perfect for the job. Being part of the core jQuery team, I've had the opportunity to come to know Karl quite well over the past couple years, and especially within the context of his book writing effort. Looking at the end result, it's clear that his skills as both a developer and a former English teacher were perfectly designed for this singular task.

是Karl 和 Jonathan写这本书让我非常高兴，因为我已经很了解他们两个了，我知道他们是相当适合做这件事情的，作为jQuery团队的一员，在过去的几年中我有机会去近距离的了解Karl，尤其是他努力去书写的书中。看看结果吧，他作为开发者和英语老师的技巧很明显天生就是为这项工作设计的！

I've also had the opportunity to meet both of them in person, a rare occurrence in the world of distributed Open Source projects, and they continue to be upstanding members of the jQuery community.

我也有机会遇到他们两个in person，这在分散的开源项目世界是一件罕见的事件，而且他们继续成为jQuery社区upstanding的成员。

The jQuery library is used by so many different people in the jQuery community. The community is full of designers, developers, people who have experience programming, and those who don't. Even within the jQuery team, we have people from all backgrounds providing their feedback on the direction of the project. There is one thing that is common across all of jQuery's users, though: We are a community of developers and designers who want JavaScript development to be made simple.

在jQuery社区，jQuery被如此之多的不同的人使用，这个社区中遍布了经历过编程和那些没有经历过编程的设计师和开发者。甚至在jQuery团队中都有来自各种背景的人提供他们对这个项目方向的反馈，在jQuery使用者中有一个共同之处，那就是：我们是一个开发者和设计者都想让javaScript变得简单易用的社区。

It's almost a cliché, at this point, to say that an open source project is communityoriented, or that a project wants to focus on helping new users get started. However, it's not just an empty gesture for jQuery; it's the liquid-oxygen fuel for the project. We actually have more people in the jQuery team dedicated to managing the jQuery community, writing documentation, or writing plugins than actually maintaining the core code base. While the health of the library is incredibly important, the community surrounding that code is the difference between a floundering, mediocre project and one that will match and exceed your every need.

这时候说“开源项目是社区导向的，或者说一个项目的目的是专注于帮助新用户使用”基本上是陈词滥调了，但是它对jQuery来说不仅仅是一个空口号，它是这个项目的液氧燃料，事实是，有很多jQuery项目中的人致力于管理jQuery社区，写文档或者写插件而不是仅仅维持核心的代码基础。尽管jQuery库的健康相当重要，但是环绕在代码周围的社区拥有着错乱平凡的项目和满足甚至超过你的所有需要的不同之处。

How we run the project, and how you use the code, is fundamentally very different from most open source projects—and most JavaScript libraries. The jQuery project and community is incredibly knowledgeable; we understand what makes jQuery a different programming experience and do our best to pass that knowledge on to fellow users.

我们如何驱动这个项目，您如何使用代码与大部分开源项目——大部分js库有着根本上的不同。jQuery项目和社区非常渊博，我们明白是什么让jQuery成为一中与众不同的编程体验，同时我们仅最大的努力把那些只是传递给后继者。

The jQuery community isn't something that you can read about to understand; it's something that you actually have to participate in for it to fully sink in. I hope that you'll have the opportunity to partake in it. Come join us in our forums, mailing lists, and blogs and let us help guide you through the experience of getting to know jQuery better.

jQuery社区不是你可以阅读就能理解的，你必须加入到他，深入到其中，我希望你有机会参与到其中。用论坛、邮箱、博客的方式加入到我们之中吧，让我们带领你走过逐渐更好的了解jQuery的经历吧。

For me, jQuery is much more than a block of code. It's the sum total of experiences that have transpired over the years in order to make the library happen. The considerable ups and downs, the struggle of development together with the excitement of seeing it grow and succeed. Growing close with its users and fellow team members, understanding them and trying to grow and adapt.

对于我来说，jQuery不仅仅是一块代码，他是这些年来产生的驱动他出现的经验的总结，重要的兴盛，为他的发展做的奋斗，还有看到他成长成功的兴奋。和他的使用者后续开发团队一起成长吧，理解他们，努力成长和适应。

When I first saw this book talk about jQuery and discuss it like a unified tool, as opposed to the experiences that it's come to encapsulate for me, I was both taken aback and excited. Seeing how others learn, understand, and mold jQuery to fit them is much of what makes the project so exhilarating.

当我第一次看到这本书谈论jQuery同时把他当一个统一的工具来讨论的时候，与他正在encapsulate for me 的经历相反的是，我有种回到过去而且激动的感觉。看到其他人如何学习理解塑造jQuery以便于适应他们自己是使这个项目变得如此愉悦的主要原因。

I'm not the only one who enjoys jQuery on a level that is far different from a normal tool-user relationship. I don't know if I can properly encapsulate why this is, but I've seen it time and time again—the singular moment when a user's face lights up with the realization of just how much jQuery will help them.

我不是唯一的一个不仅仅是普通的“用户-工具”的状态喜欢jQyuery，我不知道是否我可以恰当的描述为什么是这样的，但是我已经一遍又一遍的看到了这种情景——某个时刻，一个用户意识到jQuery到底给予了他很大的帮助，他的脸上露出笑容。

There is a specific moment where it just clicks for a jQuery user, when they realize that this tool that they were using was in fact much, much more than just a simple tool all along—and suddenly their understanding of how to write dynamic web applications completely shifts. It's an incredible thing, and absolutely my favorite part of the jQuery project.

有一个时刻是仅仅属于jQuery的使用者的，当他们意识到他们正在使用的工具事实上不仅仅使一个简单的工具，然后突然之间，他们对如何创造动态web的理解完全提升了。这是一件难以置信的事情，而且绝对是我在jQuery项目中最喜欢的一部分。

I hope you'll have the opportunity to experience this sensation as well.

我希望你也有机会体验这种感觉。

John Resig
Creator of jQuery