I'd like to understand the jQuery plugin syntax

Question

The jQuery site lists the basic plugin syntax for jQuery as this:

(function( $ ){    
  $.fn.myPlugin = function() {      
    // there\'s no need to do $(th         


        

Answer 1

To find a clear explanation of this and other modern javascript tricks and common practices, I recommend reading Javascript Garden.

http://bonsaiden.github.com/JavaScript-Garden/

It's especially useful, because many of these patterns are widely used in many libraries but not really explained.