Plugin Development: Beyond the Basics?

[erlend_sh (Erlend Sogge Heggen)]

p.s. have you already read @angus’ excellent general beginner’s guide?

Learn how to start building stuff for Discourse if you're newbie (like myself)

There are a few ‘how to start’ guides for working with Discourse already and a wealth of useful info on meta, but I thought it might help to give an insight to the mental processes of starting from little, if any, prior coding experience to building substantial Discourse plugins. Discourse is written by experienced developers and has a large codebase. This can feel intimidating. This intimidation factor can be a significant barrier for novice developers. This is a kind of ‘psychological primer’…

Always a worthwhile read for new developers who are unfamiliar with most of our stack.