This is a CoffeeScript implementation of Twitter Bootstrap's approach to jQuery plugin development

CoffeeScript_jQuery_Plugin_Pattern.coffee

# ============================================================
# PluginName v0.0.0
# http://URL
# ============================================================
# Copyright 2012 The Beans Group
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#

# Find and replace on:
#   PluginName
#   PLUGINNAME
#   pluginName

$ = window.jQuery

"use strict"

# PLUGINNAME CLASS DEFINITION
# ========================= 
class PluginName
  constructor: ( element ) ->
    $el = $(element)

  _constructor: PluginName

  method : ->
    alert "I am a method"

# PLUGINNAME PLUGIN DEFINITION
# ==========================

$.fn.pluginName = ( option ) ->
  this.each ->
    $this = $(@)
    data = $this.data 'pluginName'
    if !data then $this.data 'pluginName', (data = new PluginName @)
    if typeof option is 'string' then data[option].call $this

$.fn.pluginName.Constructor = PluginName


# DATA API
# ===================================

$ ->
  $('body').on 'click.pluginName.data-api', '[data-pluginNameAction^=Action]', ( e ) ->
    $(e.target).pluginName()