- For the goblin NPC, see Ace. For the pilot class, see Ace (class).
Ace is a lightweight and powerful system for building World of Warcraft AddOns. It is a new approach to addon development, a rethinking from the ground up.
Ace provides developers with the tools needed by most addons, freeing them from repeating common tasks and allowing them to jump right into the creative part of building their addons. New and experienced addon coders alike can benefit from Ace's features.
The current version is Ace3
Brief feature list and component overview of Ace2[]
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Ace's design philosophy[]
The primary design philosophy of Ace is simple: less is more. This means less code, fewer resources used, less effort designing an addon, less stress on the UI. Every aspect of Ace is scrutinized for efficiency, not only in code design but in ensuring that only the necessary amount of memory and processing is used to perform a given task.
Ace seeks to consolidate this knowledge into a central resource, providing developers with a full addon framework that is easy to use, very flexible, and very powerful. This framework provides the most common components addons need, like data management and chat command handling, and it also provides a glue that links addons together and allows them to share system resources smoothly and efficiently.
Ace Resources[]
www.wowace.com - Main Page/Ace Wiki svn.wowace.com - Ace SubVersion (SVN) source code repository (read only). www.wowace.com - Ace forums
WoWInterface Ace AddOns - Long list of Aced AddOns, by categories!