The Open Source Awards this year introduced a new category, JavaScript Libraries, focusing on pre-written JavaScript controls that allow easier development of Rich Internet Applications. The winner of the new award was jQuery, the mobile version of the popular jQuery JavaScript library.
Ralph Whitbeck, core team member of jQuery, was delighted about the award, stating “On behalf of the entire jQuery Team, let me first say thanks to Packt Publishing for this award. I’d also like to give a huge thanks to the community of designers and developers that use jQuery daily and felt the urge to vote for jQuery as their favorite JavaScript library. We’ll use this prize to further the development of the jQuery Project.”