https://github.com/discourse/discourse Background I was trying to customize Discourse. (deep customization, theme/plugin is not enough, not a simple facelift change(logo, color, image etc)) I git clone to my laptop and start reading the code. (I am Ruby on Rails dev & newbie Ember.js dev) Ques…

Because comments tend to rot and deprecate which makes them useless (and sometimes counter intuitive) over time.

Thanks for reply But 1-4 line comment per-controller/view/template/etc seem like reasonable number. not too much, not too little :smile:

I hope you guys(Discourse core team) can write few post about the big picture view on Discourse codebase… (not like “why chose Ember.js” I already read that one. deeper than that) like: Why this folder structure(Ruby on Rails & Ember.js put together) I guess if you guys make Discourse from sc…

[изображение] 1c7: deep customization, theme/plugin is not enough [изображение] Creating a gender limited forum? In Discourse a plugin can do almost anything :sparkles: You can/should use plugin.

OK, I would read more into plugin. Thanks for the suggestion Vinoth Kannan

Unless you have a team of full time programmers or want never to take advantage of future upgrades to discourse, you want a plugin. Those who have forked are all sorry. Almost anything can be accomplished with a plugin.

Got it, Thanks! we do want future upgrade, would look into Theme and Plugin. Thanks for reply!

Why so little code comment in Discourse Codebase? (Github)

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You can/should use plugin.

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