pthrasher / coffee-plate

jQuery plugin boilerplate written in coffee script.

So, what's the deal?

Well, the long and short of it is that this didn't exist. Or, if it did, my magical google prowess was unable to find it. So, I made it.

Okay, you got me... It did exist, but let me just say, there are a lot of people out there who don't really grok coffee script fully. The only other ones I could find weren't really written in idiomatic CS, and didn't really work the way I wanted them to.

All in all, you're free to use what you like, but I like the way mine is layed out better.

What do I define it as, you may ask? Well, it refers to some tasty jQuery plugin boilerplate written in coffee script, so that you may write your own jQuery plugins using coffee script.

Usage

($ document).ready ->
  # attach the plugin to an element
  ($ '#element').pluginName 'foo': 'bar'

  # call a public method
  (($ '#element').data 'pluginName').publicMethod1()

  # get the value of a property
  (($ '#element').data 'pluginName').options.foo

Whoa, why are there two files?

One has comments, one does not. Derp derp.

I hate coffee script

Ahh, you hate the coffee script? You sound like one of those poor souls who likely hated by their own mother. That's just sad. Mom's love children no matter what. What's your excuse?

I love this!

Good, you should. You should send me issues and pull requests if you have any, as well.

You're a monster!

Yes, and if you don't follow me on twitter, you'll be forced to face my wrath, puny minion. @philipthrasher