jquery plugin template

jquery-plugin.js

(function () {
  var pluginName = "pluginName",
    defaults = {
      propertyName: "value"
    };
  // The actual plugin constructor
  function Plugin(element, options) {
    this.element = element;
    // jQuery has an extend method which merges the contents of two or
    // more objects, storing the result in the first object. The first object
    // is generally empty as we don't want to alter the default options for
    // future instances of the plugin
    this.options = $.extend({}, defaults, options);
    this._defaults = defaults;
    this._name = pluginName;

    this.init();
  }
  Plugin.prototype = {
    init: function () {
      this.$element = $(this.element);

      this.bindEvents();
    },

    bindEvents: function () {}
  };

  // A really lightweight plugin wrapper around the constructor,
  // preventing against multiple instantiations
  $.fn[pluginName] = function (options) {
    return this.each(function () {
      if (!$.data(this, "plugin_" + pluginName)) {
        $.data(this, "plugin_" + pluginName, new Plugin(this, options));
      }
    });
  }
}());