Separating View from Data, Plugins, Modularity

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Hi,
How modular is Discourse internally? Will it easily be possible to develop a plugin which uses a different approach to discussion for a certain category?
Does Discourse use the MVVM principle or something similar, so that a discussion tree (or network) can be displayed in a different manner than it is now?

Basic example: Show Discussion as a tree rather than a list (this is not what I want to do)

If not, is it planned to achieve more modularity?

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These are very diffuse questions. You can find your answer to “how modular” by perusing our #plugin directory and see what people have done with it. Then check out these beginner’s guides:

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Read the Source, Luke

PS: Discourse is an Ember app powered by a Rest API, so yes.

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