# A tour of how the Widget (Virtual DOM) code in Discourse works

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-tour-of-how-the-widget-virtual-dom-code-in-discourse-works/40347
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [29. Februar 2016 um 20:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-tour-of-how-the-widget-virtual-dom-code-in-discourse-works/40347 "2016-02-29T20:18:39Z")
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### Author: ![Nuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nuck/32/121732_2.png) [@Nuck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nuck)
#### Post date: [9. April 2016 um 01:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-tour-of-how-the-widget-virtual-dom-code-in-discourse-works/40347/10 "2016-04-09T01:16:22Z")

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Is it possible to mount a widget into a post from `decorateCooked`? The polls plugin seems to do some funky stuff with Ember components/controllers/templates, and a set of widgets seem like they might be easier to work with.

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