iamcal / wow-NewAddon

A template for creating Lua-only addons for World of Warcraft.

WoW - NewAddon

A template for creating Lua-only addons for World of Warcraft.

(If you plan on using XML for frames definitions, this probably isn't for you.)

To create an addon based on this template:

• Copy the .toc and .lua file into a folder in WoW/Interface/Addons, named with your addon name.
  • e.g. WoW/Interface/Addons/MyAddon
• Rename the files to match your addon name
  • e.g. MyAddon.lua and MyAddon.toc
• Edit MyAddon.toc and adjust the title, notes, author settings. The SavedVariablesPerCharacter should be set to e.g. MyAddonPrefs. The last line of the file must point to your .lua file.
• Edit MyAddon.lua and replace every occurance of NewAddon with MyAddon
• Launch WoW

The addon should spawn a black square in the center of the viewport, with a constantly changing number in it. Dragging the square around will move it. The position of the square will be stored in preferences. Right-clicking the square will show some text in chat.

You can now modify the addon to suit your purposes. Type /reload into chat to see changes take effect.