HOWTOs

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HOWTOs

AddOn programming tutorial

Changing a button's action slot ID
Common Lua shortcuts
Creating AddOn dependencies
Creating defaults
Creating GUI configuration options
Creating tabbed windows
Creating your own chat types
Creating a slash command

Detecting an instant cast spell

Function arguments

Getting more useful errors
Getting started with writing AddOns
Getting the current interface number
Guild mass recruiting

Hooking outgoing chat messages
Hooking functions
How to find IP addresses of realms
How to make a screenshot

Identifying buffs using textures

Localizing an addon
Lua basics
Lua editors

Making a scrollable list using FauxScrollFrameTemplate
Creating standard left-sliding frames
Make Frames Closable With the "Esc" Key
Making a macro
Making Draggable Frames

Parsing event messages
Pattern matching
Creating simple pop-up dialog boxes

Removing Blizzard default frames

Saving variables between game sessions
HOWTO: Scroll EditBoxes to the left programatically
Setting up Visual Studio for WoW XML
Shrinking a macro
HOWTO: Speed up string match lookups

Using the argument '...' efficiently
Using bindings.xml to create key bindings for your addon
Using Earth to create a QuestLog
HOWTO: Use Earth to create a QuestLog/Part 2
Using function hooking libraries
Using OnUpdate correctly
HOWTO: Use Tables Without Generating Extra Garbage
Using UIDropDownMenu
Using the ColorPickerFrame
Using the Interface Options Addons panel

Viewing Blizzard's WoW user interface code