- Thats is TBD mostly but it should be pretty similar
- Not really. The API has changed drastically on the programming side and sponge is a forge based coremod rather than a standalone server
- It is a mod for the forge platform itself, there will be a mod and plugins folder most likely but if you have any client side mods in the mods folder the clients can’t connect unless they install forge and that mod.
- The 1.8 version of forge will not require a modded client, sponge will be built against that.
- Install forge like you install forge, then install sponge as a coremod. Thats the way it is now, it may change.
This is the way things are AFAIK and all of this is subject to change.