10 Years of Wijmo, from jQuery Widgets to TypeScript Controls

In 2010, we released our first version of Wijmo. At the time, it built on top of the jQuery UI Widget Factory. We had a considerable collection of jQuery Widgets that added much-needed UI options for jQuery developers. We extended those same widgets to jQuery Mobile when it released too! We had created a very robust set of mobile-friendly jQuery Widgets.

In 2014, we saw a change coming in the JavaScript ecosystem. We noticed developers needing more than just jQuery. Front-end frameworks like Angular were becoming popular platforms for developers to build on. TypeScript was catching on as a more type-safe way to develop enterprise-grade JS applications.

Our response was to completely rebuild Wijmo in TypeScript and model it more closely to components we developed in C#. We built the modern version of Wijmo to be fast, touch-first, and with full support for Angular. Wijmo has evolved over ten years to become the best library of JavaScript UI components in the market.

Most recently, we've added support for the Angular Ivy Compiler and React Redux. All through the ten years of wijmo, we have been driving our roadmap based on customer needs. We are grateful to our amazing customers that support our product and work with us to improve it with each release.