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Works nicely with plain JavaScript as well as [CoffeeScript](http://coffeescript.org/) and [LiveScript](http://livescript.net/).\n\n## Installation\n\n**etter** can be installed via npm:\n\n```bash\n$ npm install etter\n```\n\n## Examples\n\n#### JavaScript\n\n```javascript\nvar etter = require('etter');\n\nfunction Test() {\n  // bind etter to our current object as 'define'\n  // this binding is required to make etter work, so don't forget it\n  var define = etter.bind(this);\n\n  // the actual values behind the getters and setters\n  var _startTime = 0;\n  var _endTime = 0;\n\n  // this value will be recalculated whenever the two times are adjusted\n  this.duration = 0;\n\n  // this is needed in the update function below\n  var self = this;\n\n  // the update function\n  var update = function(arg) {\n    self.duration = self.endTime - self.startTime;\n    return arg; \n  };\n\n  // define startTime and endTime with getter/setters\n  define('startTime', {\n    get: function() { return _startTime; },\n    set: function(num) { _startTime = num; return update(num); }\n  });\n\n  define('endTime', {\n    get: function() { return _endTime; },\n    set: function(num) { _endTime = num; return update(num); }\n  });\n}\n\nvar test = new Test();\ntest.startTime = 500;\ntest.endTime = 1500;\ntest.duration; // =\u003e 1000\n```\n\n#### CoffeeScript\n\n```coffeescript\netter = require 'etter'\n\nclass Test\n  constructor: -\u003e\n    \n    # bind etter to our current object as 'define'\n    # this binding is required to make etter work, so don't forget it\n    define = etter.bind @\n\n    # the actual values behind the getters and setters\n    _startTime = 0\n    _endTime = 0\n\n    # this value will be recalculated whenever the two times are adjusted\n    @duration = 0\n\n    # the update function\n    update = (arg) =\u003e\n      @duration = @endTime - @startTime\n      arg\n\n    # define startTime and endTime with getter/setters\n    define 'startTime', {\n      get: -\u003e _startTime\n      set: (num) -\u003e _startTime = num; update num\n    }\n\n    define 'endTime', {\n      get: -\u003e _endTime\n      set: (num) -\u003e _endTime = num; update num\n    }\n\ntest = new Test()\ntest.startTime = 500\ntest.endTime = 1500\ntest.duration # =\u003e 1000\n```\n\n#### LiveScript\n\n```livescript\nrequire! \\etter\n\nclass Test\n  -\u003e\n\n    # bind etter to our current object as 'define'\n    # this binding is required to make etter work, so don't forget it\n    define = etter.bind @\n\n    # the actual values behind the getters and setters\n    _start-time = 0\n    _end-time = 0\n\n    # this value will be recalculated whenever the two times are adjusted\n    @duration = 0\n\n    # the update function\n    update = ~\u003e\n      @duration = @end-time - @start-time\n      it\n\n    # define start-time and end-time with getter/setters\n    define \\start-time,\n      get: -\u003e _start-time\n      set: -\u003e _start-time := it; update it\n\n    define \\end-time,\n      get: -\u003e _end-time\n      set: -\u003e _end-time := it; update it\n\ntest = new Test!\ntest.start-time = 500\ntest.end-time = 1500\ntest.duration # =\u003e 1000\n```","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fdaiz%2Fetter","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fdaiz%2Fetter","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fdaiz%2Fetter/lists"}