Developer Guides

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Using the JS API plugin-api , explanation , code	18	12448	January 30, 2026
Converting modals from legacy controllers to new DModal component API code	9	5467	November 7, 2023
Setup Continuous Integration using GitHub Actions how-to , code	8	1676	March 3, 2025
Using Google's 'tachometer' to measure JS performance changes in Discourse code	0	1064	October 5, 2023
Ember object ownership (getOwner, service injections, etc.) code	0	1516	January 19, 2024
Pinning plugin and theme versions for older Discourse installs (d-compat branches)	6	1618	July 17, 2026
How to run Discourse core, plugin and theme QUnit test suites how-to , code	0	2860	July 26, 2017
Write acceptance tests and component tests for Ember code in Discourse testing , ember , tutorial , code	3	4363	February 23, 2024
Automatically lint and format code before commits how-to , code	0	1699	November 8, 2019
Objects type for theme setting how-to , theme-guides	32	2464	April 13, 2026
Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes how-to , theme-guides	16	32305	July 30, 2026
Create and share a color scheme how-to	1	6497	August 1, 2025
Create and share a font theme component how-to , theme-guides	4	6136	August 19, 2025
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 6 - Add acceptance tests testing , plugin-guides , tutorial	32	17786	June 2, 2022
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 5 - Add an admin interface plugin-guides , tutorial	46	27153	September 24, 2024
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 4 - Setup git plugin-guides , tutorial	10	13301	January 30, 2024
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 1 - Create a basic plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	32	84138	July 8, 2025
Theme Developer Tutorial: 1. Introduction	0	1601	March 18, 2025
Change icons globally how-to	26	10145	October 5, 2025
Minimizing Maintenance on Theme Customizations explanation , theme-guides	0	955	April 11, 2023
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 7 - Publish your plugin plugin-guides , tutorial	4	5931	July 29, 2021
Insert text or images anywhere on your site using CSS pseudo-elements how-to , customization	0	18116	October 11, 2018
Theme Developer Tutorial: 2. Creating a remote theme	0	866	March 18, 2025
Set up a multisite development environment dev-install , how-to	0	2115	June 7, 2022
Install plugins in your non-Docker development environment dev-install , how-to	0	3515	October 6, 2021
Install Discourse for development using Docker docker , dev-install , how-to	226	92282	May 22, 2026
Developing Discourse on GitHub Codespaces	14	1961	September 9, 2025
Developing Discourse using a Dev Container	13	19369	May 28, 2026
Get started with Theme Creator and the Theme CLI how-to , theme-creator , theme-guides	8	13126	May 7, 2026
Developing Discourse Plugins - Part 2 - Connect to a plugin outlet plugin-guides , tutorial	38	30572	November 23, 2025