First it was <a href="http://www.robgonda.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/1/15/AjaxCFC-for-jQuery-Alpha2-Release" target="_blank">Rob Gonda</a>. Next, <a href="http://www.ajaxcf.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/12/6/Why-jQuery-Rocks" target="_blank">Joe Danziger</a> saw the light. Then <a href="http://www.reybango.com/index.cfm/2007/1/12/jQuery-AjaxJS-lib-Hooks-Another-ColdFusion-Notable">Dan Switzer</a> joined the fray. Then I find <a href="http://rip747.wordpress.com/2006/12/15/jquery-my-new-plugin-swapit/" target="_blank">Tony Petruzzi</a> doing some VERY cool stuff. 

Now super rock star ColdFusion expert <a href="http://bennadel.com/" target="_blank">Ben Nadel</a> has joined the growing list of notable CF&apos;ers using jQuery for their Ajax & Javascript needs.

Seriously folks, its a fact that the folks that I&apos;ve listed are industry respected experts and sharp as a tack. There are plenty of libraries to choose from and they&apos;ve made a concious decision to use the <a href="http://jquery.com" target="_blank">jQuery</a> in conjunction with ColdFusion for their development efforts. Why? Simple:<ul>

<li>Extremely powerful with full support for CSS 1-3 Selectors and some basic XPath, allowing you do to expressions like: $("div:not([a.error])") 
<li>Impressive set of DOM manipulators, allowing you do to expressions like this, without batting an eye: $("select").append("<option>test</option>"); 
<li>Lightweight (only 19k)
<li>Amazing user community
<li>Dedicated project team

<li>Up-to-Date, consolidated and thorough documentation
<li>A ton of UI controls and widgets
<li>Tutorials galore
<li>Introductory sites for the new jQuery developer
</ul>

And with <a href="http://www.robgonda.com/">Rob Gonda</a> releasing <a href="http://www.robgonda.com/blog/index.cfm/2006/12/27/AjaxCFC-for-jQuery-Alpha-Release">AjaxCFC for jQuery</a>, there&apos;s no reason why you shouldn&apos;t take a look at this great library.

For more info on jQuery, go here:


<a href="http://www.jquery.com" target="_blank">jQuery Ajax/Javascript library</a>
<a href="http://jquery.com/docs/" target="_blank">jQuery Documentation</a>
<a href="http://jquery.com/tutorials/" target="_blank">jQuery Tutorials</a>

<a href="http://jquery.com/plugins/" target="_blank">jQuery Plugins/Widgets</a>
<a href="http://jquery.com/demos/" target="_blank">jQuery Demos</a>
<a href="http://www.learningjquery.com/" target="_blank">Learning jQuery Web Resource Center</a>

<a href="http://www.visualjquery.com/">Visual jQuery</a>
<a href="http://www.visualjquery.com/magazine/">Visual jQuery Magazine</a>