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scottgonzalez/meetings.jquery.org

Analysis updated 2026-08-15 · repo last pushed 2014-06-27

JavaScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 1/5DormantSetup · easy

TLDR

A public archive of jQuery team meeting minutes and calendar. It records what the jQuery team discusses and decides so anyone can follow the project's direction.

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    What it does
      Meeting minutes
      Public calendar
      Decision records
    Audience
      jQuery contributors
      Plugin developers
      Web developers
    Use cases
      Track project direction
      Check upcoming changes
      Stay informed
    Content
      Written minutes
      Meeting schedule
      Community transparency

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Check meeting minutes to learn about upcoming jQuery changes that might affect your plugins.

USE CASE 2

Browse the calendar to find out when the next public jQuery team meeting is scheduled.

USE CASE 3

Read past decisions to understand why jQuery took a particular direction.

What is it built with?

JavaScript

How does it compare?

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LanguageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Last pushed2014-06-272021-05-192022-06-16
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultyeasyeasymoderate
Complexity1/52/52/5
Audiencedevelopergeneraldeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

No setup needed, this is a documentation archive you read directly on GitHub.

In plain English

This repository holds the calendar and written minutes from public jQuery team meetings. In other words, it's the official record of what the jQuery team discusses and decides during their open meetings. The project is primarily written in JavaScript, but the README doesn't go into detail about how the underlying site or tools work. Based on what's provided, the repo serves as a central, public-facing archive so that anyone interested in jQuery's development can read about the team's discussions and track their progress over time. This would be useful for jQuery contributors, plugin developers, or anyone who builds websites with jQuery and wants to stay informed about the project's direction. For example, if you maintain a jQuery plugin and want to know whether the team is planning changes that might affect your code, you could check the meeting minutes here for early signals and context. Because the README is quite minimal, it doesn't explain specifics about how the calendar is generated or how minutes are added and organized. The project appears to be straightforward in its purpose: keeping jQuery's decision-making process transparent and accessible to the community.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Read the jQuery meeting minutes in this repo and give me a summary of the most important decisions the team made in the last three months.
Prompt 2
Look through the meeting minutes and tell me if the jQuery team discussed any breaking changes or deprecations that could affect my jQuery plugins.
Prompt 3
Scan the meeting calendar and minutes and list the main topics the jQuery team is currently focusing on so I can stay up to date.

Frequently asked questions

What is meetings.jquery.org?

A public archive of jQuery team meeting minutes and calendar. It records what the jQuery team discusses and decides so anyone can follow the project's direction.

What language is meetings.jquery.org written in?

Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript.

Is meetings.jquery.org actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2014-06-27).

How hard is meetings.jquery.org to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is meetings.jquery.org for?

Mainly developer.

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