Extensible UMD Plugins

gistfile1.js

;(function ( name, definition ){
  var theModule = definition(),
      // this is considered "safe":
      hasDefine = typeof define === 'function' && define.amd,
      // hasDefine = typeof define === 'function',
      hasExports = typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports;
 
  if ( hasDefine ){ // AMD Module
    define(theModule);
  } else if ( hasExports ) { // Node.js Module
    module.exports = theModule;
  } else { // Assign to common namespaces or simply the global object (window)
    (this.jQuery || this.ender || this.$ || this)[name] = theModule;
  }
})( 'core', function () {
    var module = this;
    module.plugins = [];
    module.highlightColor = "yellow";
    module.errorColor = "red";
 
  // define the core module here and return the public API
 
  // this is the highlight method used by the core highlightAll()
  // method and all of the plugins highlighting elements different
  // colors
  module.highlight = function(el,strColor){
    // this module uses jQuery, however plain old JavaScript
    // or say, Dojo could be just as easily used.
    if(this.jQuery){
      jQuery(el).css('background', strColor);
    }
  }
  return {
      highlightAll:function(){
        module.highlight('div', module.highlightColor);
      }
  };
 
});