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Check out the main API changes for Mists of Pandaria in Patch 5.0.4.

Check out the main API changes for Warlords of Draenor in Patch 6.0.2.

NEW: <span style="color:#BF5000">Warlords of Draenor "Fury of Hellfire" 6.2.0 API changes</span>.

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UI Customization Tutorials and HOWTOs An introduction to addons, scripts and macros Getting started with writing addons HOWTOs Handling events Saving variables between game sessions Creating a slash command Localizing an addon Using the Interface Options Addons panel Using UIDropDownMenu XML basics more... Other Resources and Tools Development Help AddOns Hosted addon pages · Library AddOns UI Code Snippets Blizzard UI Internals Viewing Blizzard's WoW user interface code wow.go-hero.net - WoW UI version comparisons Lua and XML editing software Lua Editor List AddOn Studio 2010 WoW UI Designer iXink XML Editor

Things you can help out with

• Fill out all those red links in World of Warcraft API!   (though pick in order of likelihood of being useful). Looking at the FrameXML code to find out how the functions are being used is good way to begin. Please do not create stubs if you are not adding new and useful facts - we prefer red links over stubs with no additional information.
• Copy bolded items in the Global functions list to World of Warcraft API et al.
• Scan Category:API stubs for unfinished pages!
• Take a look in Category:Votes for deleting and look for API pages.
• Help convert old pages to the Help:API Function articles style!
• Add "Triggers Events" sections to old pages that do not have them (and should have them).

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