# Learning Ember.js before developing on Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/learning-ember-js-before-developing-on-discourse/59710
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [March 22, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/learning-ember-js-before-developing-on-discourse/59710 "2017-03-22T18:45:25Z")
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### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/learning-ember-js-before-developing-on-discourse/59710/6 "2017-03-23T15:07:20Z")

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> [@Fabrizio\_Bertoglio](#):
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> I would like to build a QandA forum for my second app

My advice would be to focus on learning what is required for you want to achieve and ignore the rest for now. If you have a specific goal you’ll both learn quicker and get more satisfaction out of it. So rather than think about in the terms of “I have to learn Ember.js”, think about it in the terms of “I have to learn whatever it takes to build what I want to build”.

For example, you could start by adapting my QnA plugin for your purposes. Would be happy to give you committing privileges and some tips along the way.

> [@Question Answer Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-answer-plugin/56032):
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> mega This plugin is now retired in favour of the official [Discourse Post Voting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-post-voting/227808) plugin Question Answer plugin that allows you to create topics in a similar QA style used by Stack Overflow. [page_facing_up Get the code](https://github.com/paviliondev/discourse-question-answer)[desktop_computer See an example](https://try.thepavilion.io/c/qa/)[raising_hand_woman Request a feature](https://thepavilion.io/w/feature-request)[bug Report a bug](https://thepavilion.io/w/bug-report)Of note memoUp-votes, but no down-votes (yet) The first post of the topic cannot be voted on (yet). Adding this would raise some …

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