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HTML

<input class='first-input'>

JavaScript

(function($) {

    // here we go!
    $.pluginName = function(element, options) {

    // plugin's default options
    // this is private property and is accessible only from inside the plugin
    var defaults = {

        foo: 'bar',

        // if your plugin is event-driven, you may provide callback capabilities
        // for its events. execute these functions before or after events of your
        // plugin, so that users may customize those particular events without
        // changing the plugin's code
        onFoo: function() {}

    }

    // to avoid confusions, use "plugin" to reference the
    // current instance of the object
    var plugin = this;

    // this will hold the merged default, and user-provided options
    // plugin's properties will be available through this object like:
    // plugin.settings.propertyName from inside the plugin or
    // element.data('pluginName').settings.propertyName from outside the plugin,
    // where "element" is the element the plugin is attached to;
    plugin.settings = {}

    var $element = $(element), // reference to the jQuery version of DOM element
    element = element; // reference to the actual DOM element

    // the "constructor" method that gets called when the object is created
    plugin.init = function() {

    // the plugin's final properties are the merged default and
    // user-provided options (if any)
    plugin.settings = $.extend({}, defaults, options);

    // code goes here

   }

   // public methods
   // these methods can be called like:
   // plugin.methodName(arg1, arg2, ... argn) from inside the plugin or
   // element.data('pluginName').publicMethod(arg1, arg2, ... argn) from outside
   // the plugin, where "element" is the element the plugin is attached to;

   // a public method. for demonstration purposes only - remove it!
   plugin.publicMethod = function(arg1) {

   	$element.val(arg1);

    }

     // private methods
     // these methods can be called only from inside...