Simple skeleton for creating a jQuery plugin

jquery_plugin_skeleton.js

(function( $ ){

  /* Global variables for the plugin */
  var defaults = {
    timeout: 15
  };

  var settings = {};

  var form;

  /* Private method */
  function deleteLocalStorage(form) {
  }

  /* Event handlers */
  var eventHandlers = {
    submit: function(e) {
    }
  };

  /* Public methods */
  var methods = {
    init : function(options) {
      // Binding events
      $(this).bind('submit', eventHandlers.submit);
    },

    getDatafromLocal : function() {
    },

    clean: function() {
    }

  };

  $.fn.pluginName = function(method) {
    if (methods[method]) {
      return methods[method].apply( this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
    } else if (typeof method === 'object' || ! method) {
      return methods.init.apply( this, arguments );
    } else {
      $.error( 'Method ' +  method + ' does not exist on jQuery.pluginName' );
    }

  };

})( jQuery );