Developer Guides

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Developer Guides Index index Documentation about extending Discourse with plugins, themes, and theme components, working with the core code, and using the Discourse API. Introduction Introduction: Introduction to Discourse Development Development…	0	2221	May 15, 2024
Developer's guide to Markdown extensions markdown , reference , code	1	13707	June 1, 2026
Adding a new 'managed' authentication method to Discourse explanation	2	3800	November 29, 2023
Theme Developer Tutorial: 7. Wrapping up	0	370	March 18, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 6. Using the JS API	3	1120	April 14, 2025
Add settings to your Discourse theme how-to , theme-guides	6	17495	July 8, 2025
Theme Developer Quick Reference Guide reference , theme-guides	2	10015	June 28, 2021
Designing for Responsive Widths (Breakpoints, Viewport & Containers)	0	113	August 4, 2026
Designing for Different Devices (Touch & Hover)	14	1180	January 25, 2026
Guidelines for CSS classes using BEM	0	375	April 15, 2025
Customizing the topic list	0	845	February 4, 2025
Using the DModal API to render Modal windows (aka popups/dialogs) in Discourse code	0	2231	July 3, 2023
The UI kit of shared Discourse components, helpers, and modifiers	0	106	August 31, 2026
Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux dev-install , how-to	13	4813	June 19, 2026
Install Discourse on Windows for development dev-install , how-to	16	74704	April 22, 2026
Install Discourse on Ubuntu or Debian for Development dev-install , how-to	83	201838	June 22, 2025
Install Discourse on macOS for development dev-install , how-to	102	116679	April 24, 2026
Bundle splitting for plugins	0	53	September 8, 2026
Using Transformers to customize client-side values and behavior	2	749	September 5, 2026
Discourse toolkit to render forms	28	1821	December 23, 2025
Drag, resize, and gesture primitives	0	102	August 20, 2026
JavaScript type hinting & validation (typescript)	0	221	February 4, 2026
AppEvents Triggers Reference	0	545	November 26, 2024
Write end-to-end system specs for the Discourse user interface	3	720	August 28, 2025
Using service objects in Discourse	0	909	October 30, 2024
(not recommended) Overriding Discourse templates from a Theme or Plugin how-to	9	2902	March 7, 2024
Preventing accidental serialization of ActiveRecord models reference	2	532	July 23, 2024
Creating Routes in Discourse and Showing Data ember , tutorial	0	11899	August 18, 2016
Using modifyClass to change core behavior	6	2552	March 4, 2026
Using Plugin Outlet Connectors from a Theme or Plugin how-to , code	12	19077	October 14, 2024

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Documentation about extending Discourse with plugins, themes, and theme components, working with the core code, and using the Discourse API. Introduction Introduction: Introduction to Discourse Development Development…