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AddOn Studio 2015 for World of Warcraft (source)
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=== Other installs and downloads === | === Other installs and downloads === | ||
Current version: | Current version: | ||
* {{release-4|AddOnStudio|WoW||4.0.220514.0|5/14/2022}} | * {{release-4|AddOnStudio|WoW||4.0.220514.0|5/14/2022}} | ||
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* Blizzard Interface ToolKit:<br /> [[File:Blizz.gif]] [[wo:Interface AddOn Kit|World of Warcraft Interface AddOn Kit]]<!--{{elink|prefix=Blizzard Interface ToolKit:<br />|icon=blizzus|site=Blizzard Support (US) - World of Warcraft Interface AddOn Kit|link=//us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=21466&pageNumber=1|style=display:inline}}--> | |||
Other editions: | Other editions: | ||
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* [[AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft history|AddOn Studio for WoW release history]] | * [[AddOn Studio for World of Warcraft history|AddOn Studio for WoW release history]] | ||
* [//addonstudio.org/wow/readme AddOn Studio for WoW requirements] | * [//addonstudio.org/wow/readme AddOn Studio for WoW requirements] | ||
== Recent Features == | == Recent Features == | ||
:''See [[AddOn Studio 2022 for World of Warcraft|AddOn Studio 2022 for WoW]] for more information on newer | :''See [[AddOn Studio 2022 for World of Warcraft|AddOn Studio 2022 for WoW]] for more information on newer {{#var:EDITION}} features.''<span id="gettingstarted"></span><span id="Getting_Started"></span><span id="Getting Started"></span><span id="Getting started"></span> | ||
== Getting Started == | == Getting Started == | ||
; Initial installation: | ; Initial installation: | ||
# Download and install the Visual Studio Community {{#var:EDITION}} above | # Download and install the Visual Studio Community {{#var:EDITION}} above | ||
#* ''Defaults are fine'' | #* ''Defaults are fine'' | ||
#* ''Can skip ''''Launch'''' after install'' | #* ''Can skip ''''Launch'''' after install'' | ||
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:''See [[AddOn Studio for WoW]] for a list of all editions, and [[AddOn Studio for WoW history|release history]] for detailed changes for each release.'' | :''See [[AddOn Studio for WoW]] for a list of all editions, and [[AddOn Studio for WoW history|release history]] for detailed changes for each release.'' | ||
'''AddOn Studio {{#var:EDITION}} for World of Warcraft''' is a continuation of the previous [[AddOn Studio 2010 for World of Warcraft]] | |||
edition, but built on Visual Studio {{#var:EDITION}}. The 'AddOn Studio 2010 for WoW' edition will continue to | edition, but built on Visual Studio {{#var:EDITION}}. | ||
be updated in parallel. This version and the 2010 version will be supported together in perpetuity, to give users | |||
a choice of which IDE's style, platform support, and functionality they are more comfortable with. | The 'AddOn Studio 2010 for WoW' edition will continue to be updated in parallel. This version | ||
and the 2010 version will be supported together in perpetuity, to give users a choice of which IDE's style, platform support, | |||
and functionality they are more comfortable with. | |||
;Today's Reality | ;Today's Reality | ||
The general concepts of game and AddOn development especially for WoW, are far more well understood and by a larger audience today, than they were during the time of the original [[ | The general concepts of game and AddOn development especially for WoW, are far more well understood and by a larger audience | ||
today, than they were during the time of the original [[wowwiki:World of Warcraft|World of Warcraft]]. | |||
And since the introduction of AddOn Studio for WoW many games have come, and some gone, using Lua and similar game customization methods as WoW. With this the general expectations of quality in consumer level development tools has risen as well. | |||
AddOn Studio {{#var:EDITION}} improves on the 2010 edition, with an even more advanced and complete set of features, and is a powerful general IDE for WoW AddOn development using a free Visual Studio back-end (much like the free Community versions of Visual Studio for C#, C++ and Web), with support for graphical [[wo:Frame XML|Frame XML]] development. There are quite a few additional Visual Studio integration features, all of which together contribute toward making WoW AddOn development tools real first class citizens, in a world where that almost never happens. | AddOn Studio {{#var:EDITION}} improves on the 2010 edition, with an even more advanced and complete set of features, and is a powerful general IDE for WoW AddOn development using a free Visual Studio back-end (much like the free Community versions of Visual Studio for C#, C++ and Web), with support for graphical [[wo:Frame XML|Frame XML]] development. There are quite a few additional Visual Studio integration features, all of which together contribute toward making WoW AddOn development tools real first class citizens, in a world where that almost never happens. | ||