Beginning Lua with World of Warcraft Add-ons

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9781430223719
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1st ed.
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July 29, 2009
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7.26 x 1.16 x 9.5 inches
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If you play World of Warcraft, chances are you know what Deadly Boss Mods is: it's the most widely downloaded modification available for World of Warcraft, considered required software for many professional raid guilds, and arguably the most popular modern video game mod in history.

Paul Emmerich, the author of Deadly Boss Mods, will take you from novice to elite with his approachable, up-to-date guide to building add-ons for the most popular video game in history. Using the powerful Lua scripting language and XML, you'll learn how to build and update powerful mods that can fundamentally remake your World of Warcraft experience and introduce you to the field of professional software development.

Beginning Lua with World of Warcraft Add-ons teaches you the essentials of Lua and XML using exciting code examples that you can run and apply immediately. You'll gain competence in Lua specifics like tables and metatables and the imperative nature of Lua as a scripting language. More advanced techniques like file persistence, error handling, and script debugging are made clear as you learn everything within the familiar, exciting context of making tools that work in Azeroth.

You'll not only learn all about the World of Warcraft application programming interface and programming, and gain coding skills that will make all your online friends think you're a coding god, but also gain hands-on Lua scripting experience that could translate into an exciting job in the video game industry!

About the Author

Paul Emmerich is one of the programmers behind Deadly Boss Mods, one of the most famous World of Warcraft add-ons ever, with over 8 million users worldwide. He started programming in 1998, and started programming in Lua when World of Warcraft was released in 2004. Since then he has also created a variety of other projects in Lua, including porting vintage games to Lua. He currently studies computer science at the Technische Universit t M nchen in Germany. As Tandanu, level 80 Priest and Chief Coder for the guild on Aegwynn, Paul enjoys winning raid encounters and adding to his HK count.

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ASIN	1430223715
Publisher	Apress
Publication date	July 29, 2009
Edition	1st ed.
Language	‎English
Print length	535 pages
ISBN-10	9781430223719
ISBN-13	978-1430223719
Item Weight	‎1.5 pounds
Dimensions	7.26 x 1.16 x 9.5 inches
Best Sellers Rank	#1,688,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #675 in Game Programming #1,438 in Microsoft Programming (Books) #1,850 in Software Development (Books)
Customer Reviews	4.5 out of 5 stars 51Reviews

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Customers find the book to be a good introduction to programming addons, with one mentioning it's particularly useful for World of Warcraft LUA programming. The book receives positive feedback for its readability, with customers describing it as a nice read.

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Customers find the book effective for learning Lua programming, particularly for World of Warcraft addons, with one customer noting its helpful programming tips.

"...you may bring with you from other languages, the neat new things that Lua offers, and sets off into the WoW API and its event driven..." Read more

"A used book, but in great shape! Useful for World of Warcraft LUA programming!" Read more

"although a bit dated, this is still a good intro to programming addons for World of Warcraft" Read more

"...development environment. -Lua is a very detailed and powerful programming language not just for addons. -The book has some syntax errors..." Read more

Customers find the book easy to read, with one mentioning it is very helpful for beginners.

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"...You will still need to research to modernize your code but this book is the best. I even got the kindle edition so I can make notes." Read more

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Zenpistolero
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Enough of everything
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2010
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This book had the basics of Lua from the perspective of both a non-programmer and programmer from another language. I come from C/C++ and was glad to learn the little quirks that make Lua different from other languages. The author quickly takes you through all the incorrect...

This book had the basics of Lua from the perspective of both a non-programmer and programmer from another language. I come from C/C++ and was glad to learn the little quirks that make Lua different from other languages. The author quickly takes you through all the incorrect assumptions you may bring with you from other languages, the neat new things that Lua offers, and sets off into the WoW API and its event driven architecture.

The thing that I liked best was his explanation of best practices. His coding is masterful, so when he "recommends" doing something a certain way, just do it that way. Of course the new patch complicates things, but if you're gonna be writing an Addon, you should be able to handle adapting to some changes in the API and events.

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George L. Miller
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Problem with the kindle edition-beware
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2013

I have just started this book and so far I find the text content to be very good. I have the kindle edition and the examples embedded in the text are microscopic on the kindle display and don't scale with changed in the kindle font. After talking with MayDay, the only...

I have just started this book and so far I find the text content to be very good. I have the kindle edition and the examples embedded in the text are microscopic on the kindle display and don't scale with changed in the kindle font. After talking with MayDay, the only fix we could come up with is to turn on the image magnification feature in the accessibility options, then you can triple tap the screen to magnify the whole screen and actually read the example without having to use a magnifying glass. I hope that the Amazon can fix this digital conversion oversight/error to make the book easier to use.

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Orangepaw3
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THE Book for Addon Beginners!
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2018
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This book is MUCH better than others for new Addon makers. You will still need to research to modernize your code but this book is the best. I even got the kindle edition so I can make notes.

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Terry L. Decker
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A used book, but in great shape!
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2019
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A used book, but in great shape! Useful for World of Warcraft LUA programming!

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Diana R
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Good bood to begin learning this language
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2013
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If you enjoy writing code for this program and creating your own mods, this is a very helpful book for beginners.

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Daralynx
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Good Introduction to Programming WOW Addons
Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2016
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although a bit dated, this is still a good intro to programming addons for World of Warcraft

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James Thompson
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Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2018
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very nice read

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Giuliano Lemes Pereira
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Everything you need to learn lua language
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2009
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I really enjoyed this book, it covers almost all you need to know about lua language and in meanwhile you learn how to make nice Wow addons. Highly recommended.

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Reviewed in Germany on January 23, 2015

Ich muss meinem Vorrezensenten leider widersprechen. Für die aktuelle Version von WoW (6.0 zum Zeitpunkt des Verfassens dieser Rezension) sind die Anweisungen und insbesondere die Beispiel-Addons nutzlos, da sie schlichtweg nicht funktionieren und sich somit kein Lerneffekt...

Ich muss meinem Vorrezensenten leider widersprechen. Für die aktuelle Version von WoW (6.0 zum Zeitpunkt des Verfassens dieser Rezension) sind die Anweisungen und insbesondere die Beispiel-Addons nutzlos, da sie schlichtweg nicht funktionieren und sich somit kein Lerneffekt einstellt. Um Lua zu lernen ist das Buch zwar geeignet und im Jahr 2010 mag das alles auch noch funktioniert haben (das Buch ist ja aus 2009), aber inzwischen scheint Blizzard so viel verändert zu haben, dass die Beispiele einfach nicht mehr umsetzbar sind, was es schwer macht, die komplexeren Zusammenhänge (z.b. zwischen Scripting und Framreferenzen) nachzuvollziehen. Zwei Sterne gibt es trotzdem für den guten Stil des Autors und den nützlichen Nebeneffekt, Lua zu lernen - wenn auch nicht im Zusammenhang mit WoW Addons.

Ich muss meinem Vorrezensenten leider widersprechen. Für die aktuelle Version von WoW (6.0 zum Zeitpunkt des Verfassens dieser Rezension) sind die Anweisungen und insbesondere die Beispiel-Addons nutzlos, da sie schlichtweg nicht funktionieren und sich somit kein Lerneffekt einstellt. Um Lua zu lernen ist das Buch zwar geeignet und im Jahr 2010 mag das alles auch noch funktioniert haben (das Buch ist ja aus 2009), aber inzwischen scheint Blizzard so viel verändert zu haben, dass die Beispiele einfach nicht mehr umsetzbar sind, was es schwer macht, die komplexeren Zusammenhänge (z.b. zwischen Scripting und Framreferenzen) nachzuvollziehen. Zwei Sterne gibt es trotzdem für den guten Stil des Autors und den nützlichen Nebeneffekt, Lua zu lernen - wenn auch nicht im Zusammenhang mit WoW Addons.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 10, 2014

Great Book. I'm slowly getting through and learning all the time.

Great Book. I'm slowly getting through and learning all the time.

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