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The WoW development reference describes game customization and technical specifications for WoW. This includes game UI Macro and AddOn support and documentation of other types of files used for art or for general support of the game.

UI Customization Reference WoW AddOns     · TOC format · Load Process · more... WoW Global API     · Data types · Events · Lua functions WoW Widget API     · Widgets · Script handlers · more... WoW UI XML     · XML Ui · XML elements · XML types · more... WoW Macro Command Reference Secure Execution and Tainting     · SecureTemplates · SecureHandlers UI Technical Details     · Console Variables · User functions · more... Community Web Platform Reference WoW Web API Developer talk Internet Relay Chat chat.freenode.net: #wowuidev chat.freenode.net: #wowace UI Customisation Forums and Guilds WoW Official forums (US) WoW Interface Forums CurseForge and WoW Ace Forums

UI Customization Tutorials and HOWTOs An introduction to addons, scripts and macros Getting started with writing addons WoW 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 UI Code Snippets Blizzard UI Internals Viewing Blizzard's WoW UI code go-hero.net - WoW UI version comparisons Lua and XML editing software Lua Editor List AddOn Studio for WoW WoW UI Designer iXink XML Editor

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