Editing WoW:UI FAQ/AddOn Author Resources (section)

== Resources ==
* [[WoW development]] portal here - Broad set of documentation for Lua APIs and events, Frame XML, and AddOn structure and development.
* Blizzard Interface Customization Tools - The [[Interface AddOn Kit]] for extracting built-in resources from the WoW archive files to use as regular files so that you can view them. 
* Go-hero.net - <s>http://wow.go-hero.net/framexml/builds</s> - Available FrameXML Builds (.lua, .toc, and .xml viewer) from build to build <!-- Dead * WoWCompares - http://www.wowcompares.com/ - View differences in the Blizzard UI from patch to patch -->
* Lua Manual - http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/ - Official Lua Manual (version 5.1 used by WoW) [See also: [http://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/about alternative manual interface]
* Lua Wiki - http://lua-users.org/ - Wiki for Lua - useful for more in depth descriptions of Lua syntax, etc.
* WoW Programming (BLP2PNG) - http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info6127-BLP2PNG.html <s>http://wowprogramming.com/utils/blp2png</s> - This utility allows you to convert BLP files to more editable PNG files via the web.
* <s>WoW Programming Art Browser - http://wowprogramming.com/utils/artbrowser - A site that allows you to view all of the standard Blizzard artwork (and download it) via the web.</s> (Find new link)
* WinMPQ - http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/fileinfo.php?id=3990 - MPQ is Blizzard's compression format -- this program allows you to extract data from these MPQ files.
* BLPConverter - http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info14110-BLPConverter.html - This allows you to convert [[BLP file]]s, which store the artwork for WoW.
* Development Help Addons: [[:Category:Development Help AddOns|WoWWiki.com]], [http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/cat35.html WoWInterface.com]
* WoWBench WoW API Emulator: [[WoWBench]]