Writing a jquery plugin in coffeescript - how to get “(function($)” and “(jQuery)”?

Question

I am writing a jquery plugin in coffeescript but am not sure how to get the function wrapper part right.

My coffeescript starts with this:

$.fn.exten         


        

Answer 1

Unless you're using the --bare flag in the compiler, the

$ = jQuery

solution is best. If you are, then with the new do keyword, you can write

do ($ = jQuery) ->
   # plugin code...

thus creating the desired scope while avoiding a mess o' parentheses.