Question

Is there a way to do

require ['jquery'], ($) ->
  ...

instead of

require ['jquery', 'jquery-cookies', 'jquery-scroll', 'jquery-foo', jquery'bar'], ($) ->
  ...

each time?

Answer 1

One option would be to just define a new module that is jquery with your plugins.

// new module in something like jqueryBundle.js
define(['jquery', 'jquery-cookies', 'jquery-scroll', 'jquery-foo', 'jquery-bar'],  function($) {
    return $;
});

Then you could just require jqueryBundle instead.

Edit: Per comment suggestion, I neglected to mention that my answer expected the jquery plugins to be either amd modules (by author or wrapped by you) or already configured via shim configuration: http://requirejs.org/docs/api.html#config-shim

Many jquery plugins are not AMD modules, but are usually great candidates for simple shim configuration. For a small sample see my answer to another question: Using require.js with Twitter Boostrap API and backbone