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== Brief feature list and component overview== | == Brief feature list and component overview of Ace2 == | ||
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;AceLibrary: <small>[http:// | ;AceLibrary: <small>[http://www.wowace.com/index.php/AceLibrary AceLibrary] handles version compatibility of libraries - Ace ones as well as your own. It also helps with error handling.</small> | ||
;AceOO: <small>[http:// | ;AceOO: <small>[http://www.wowace.com/index.php/AceOO-2.0 AceOO] provides an object-orientation framework.</small> | ||
;AceAddon: <small>[http:// | ;AceAddon: <small>[http://www.wowace.com/index.php/AceAddon-2.0 AceAddon] is Ace's main interface to AddOns. Ace components present their functionality through it. It also handles simple initialization events.</small> | ||
;AceConsole: <small>[http:// | ;AceConsole: <small>[http://www.wowace.com/index.php/AceConsole-2.0 AceConsole] provides console I/O functionality - slash commands, easy printing, etc.</small> | ||
;AceDB: <small>[http:// | ;AceDB: <small>[http://www.wowace.com/index.php/AceDB-2.0 AceDB] allows for fast, clean, and featureful saved variable access, including per-class settings and more.</small> | ||
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;AceEvent: <small>[http:// | ;AceEvent: <small>[http://www.wowace.com/index.php/AceEvent-2.0 AceEvent] allows for simple event handling, scheduling, and inter-addon communication.</small> | ||
;AceDebug: <small>[http:// | ;AceDebug: <small>[http://www.wowace.com/index.php/AceDebug-2.0 AceDebug] simplifies AddOn debugging.</small> | ||
;AceHook: <small>[http:// | ;AceHook: <small>[http://www.wowace.com/index.php/AceHook-2.0 AceHook] provides safe hooking of functions, methods, and scripts.</small> | ||
;AceLocale: <small>[http:// | ;AceLocale: <small>[http://www.wowace.com/index.php/AceLocale-2.0 AceLocale] makes localization (translation) of your AddOns ridiculously simple.</small> | ||
;AceModuleCore: <small>[http:// | ;AceModuleCore: <small>[http://www.wowace.com/index.php/AceModuleCore-2.0 AceModuleCore] helps you split your AddOn into separate "modules" that can easily be turned on and off. Handles enabling/disabling of events, hooks, tooltip scanners, etc for you.</small> | ||
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At the writing of this article, '''Ace2''' is in public beta. It is a major step up in documentation, and also allows the library (whichever parts you need) to be fully embedded into your AddOn if you do not want to depend on Ace being installed separately. | At the writing of this article, '''Ace2''' is in public beta. It is a major step up in documentation, and also allows the library (whichever parts you need) to be fully embedded into your AddOn if you do not want to depend on Ace being installed separately. | ||
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== Ace's design philosophy == | == Ace's design philosophy == | ||
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Ace seeks to consolidate this knowledge into a central resource, providing developers with a full addon framework that is easy to use, very flexible, and very powerful. This framework provides the most common components addons need, like data management and chat command handling, and it also provides a glue that links addons together and allows them to share system resources smoothly and efficiently. | Ace seeks to consolidate this knowledge into a central resource, providing developers with a full addon framework that is easy to use, very flexible, and very powerful. This framework provides the most common components addons need, like data management and chat command handling, and it also provides a glue that links addons together and allows them to share system resources smoothly and efficiently. | ||
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== Ace Resources == | == Ace Resources == | ||
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* [http://svn.wowace.com/root/trunk svn.wowace.com] - Ace SubVersion source code repository ''Note: The svn repo is now Dev only, but you can still access the files from the [http://svn.wowace.com/files files page]'' | * [http://svn.wowace.com/root/trunk svn.wowace.com] - Ace SubVersion source code repository ''Note: The svn repo is now Dev only, but you can still access the files from the [http://svn.wowace.com/files files page]'' | ||
* [http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/cat47.html | * [http://www.wowace.com/forums/ www.wowace.com/forums] - Ace forums | ||
* [http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/cat47.html Ace AddOns] on [[WoWInterface]] - Long list of Aced AddOns, by categories! | |||
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[[Category:Function Libraries]] | [[Category:Function Libraries]] | ||