Code Snippet

jQuery Plugin Template

Replace instances of "yourPluginName" with your actual plugin name. The stuff about "radius" is just an example of an option (parameter to pass plugin).

(function($){
    $.yourPluginName = function(el, radius, options){
        // To avoid scope issues, use 'base' instead of 'this'
        // to reference this class from internal events and functions.
        var base = this;

        // Access to jQuery and DOM versions of element
        base.$el = $(el);
        base.el = el;

        // Add a reverse reference to the DOM object
        base.$el.data("yourPluginName", base);

        base.init = function(){
            if( typeof( radius ) === "undefined" || radius === null ) radius = "20px";

            base.radius = radius;

            base.options = $.extend({},$.yourPluginName.defaultOptions, options);

            // Put your initialization code here
        };

        // Sample Function, Uncomment to use
        // base.functionName = function(paramaters){
        //
        // };

        // Run initializer
        base.init();
    };

    $.yourPluginName.defaultOptions = {
        radius: "20px"
    };

    $.fn.yourPluginName = function(radius, options){
        return this.each(function(){
            (new $.yourPluginName(this, radius, options));

		   // HAVE YOUR PLUGIN DO STUFF HERE

		   // END DOING STUFF

        });
    };

})(jQuery);

Usage

$(function() {

    $("#round-me").yourPluginName("20px");

});

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