Looker Resources
Helpful Looker Development Links
Just getting started with Looker? Below are some helpful links related to the Looker ecosystem, to get you started. Every link on this page was checked in August 2026; the old docs.looker.com, discourse.looker.com and looker.com/blog destinations have all been retired or redirected since Looker became part of Google Cloud.
Official documentation
- Looker documentation - the official docs for Looker (Google Cloud core) and Looker (original)
- Looker release notes - what changed in each release, including deprecations
- LookML reference - every LookML parameter on one page
- Looker API reference - API 4.0 endpoints and the official SDKs
- Looker (Google Cloud core) overview - how the Google Cloud-hosted edition differs from Looker (original)
Community
- Looker community forum - the successor to the Discourse-era Looker Community, now part of the Google Developer forums
- Google Cloud data analytics blog - product announcements for Looker, BigQuery and Data Studio
- looker-open-source on GitHub - the official SDKs, the Embed SDK, LAMS and sample extensions
- Looker Marketplace - Blocks, custom visualizations, extensions and actions
- Google Cloud Tech on YouTube - Looker and BigQuery sessions and release walkthroughs
Tutorials
- Vistelio Looker Tutorials - our own library, refreshed for 2026
- Getting started with data modeling in Looker - Google's own introduction to LookML modeling
- BigQuery pricing - Editions, on-demand and storage pricing; essential reading before you size a Looker deployment on BigQuery
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