jQuery UI Widget Factory

https://learn.jquery.com/jquery-ui/widget-factory/

The jQuery UI Widget Factory is an extensible base on which all of jQuery UI's widgets are built.

Using the widget factory to build a plugin provides conveniences for state management, as well as conventions for common tasks like exposing plugin methods and changing options after instantiation.

 

• Why Use the Widget Factory?
• How To Use the Widget Factory
• Widget Method Invocation
• Extending Widgets with the Widget Factory
• Using the classes Option