# Discourse V1.0 Next Month

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-v1-0-next-month/16877>\
**Category:** Blog\
**Created:** [Junho 25, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-v1-0-next-month/16877 "2014-06-25T22:54:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 23

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Post date:** [Agosto 12, 2014, 7:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-v1-0-next-month/16877/23 "2014-08-12T07:59:01Z")

</div>

For those anxiously awaiting the official release, I suggest you spend your time kicking the tires in every way possible.

Correct me if I’m mistaken, but the way you get Discourse set up and installed right now - with roughly 30 minutes of fairly straight forward Docker config - is exactly how it will work in 1.0 as well. So either by yourself or with the help of your more tech-savvy accomplice you can dive into the [howto’s](https://meta.discourse.org/category/howto) and:

- Install Discourse on a VPS like DigitalOcean (there’s usually enough free credit floating around that you can get the first month for free)
- Get to know the backend panel
- Make sure e-mail is working properly
- Make sure invites are working properly
- Test the converter script if needed
- Test theming
- Configure logins
- Try install some plugins
- Figure out domain set-up
- Figure out CDN
- Test backups
- Test multisite
- Set up Discourse for development
- Make your own simple plugin

There are so many golden nuggets in Discourse, I’d wager you probably won’t be aware of them all by the time Stable is ready.

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-v1-0-next-month/16877)._