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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