jQuery is a concise open source JavaScript Library used for Document Object Model (DOM) traversal, event handling, Ajax requests, and animations. Whether you're new to JavaScript entirely or experienced with JavaScript but looking to shorten and simplify your code, jQuery is a framework you'll want to be familiar with.

This month, John Resig, the creator and lead developer of the jQuery JavaScript library introduced us to his framework with examples written PHP, including discussion of several different PHP frameworks that use jQuery  such as Wordpress, Drupal, and CakePHP.  For those who didn't make the June User Group, you can Listen Now! and view the slides here: http://ejohn.org/blog/recent-presentations/