This addon should work after small fixes, but i don't have time to maintain it.

So you can use brittyazel maintained version/fork/rewrite DevTool, Curseforge , Wago.

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ViragDevTool Info

ViragDevTool is Lua World of Warcraft addon for addon-developers. Functionality is similar to a debugger.

This addon can help new developers to understand WoW API. Main idea is to examine WoW API or your addon's variables in table-like UI. Much easier to use then default print or chat debug

Curse download page

How To Use

Main (and the only) function you can use is ViragDevTool_AddData(data, "some string name"):

--- Adds data to ViragDevTool UI list to monitor
-- @param data (any type)- is object you would like to track. 
-- Default behavior is reference and not object copy
-- @param dataName (string or nil) - name tag to show in UI for you variable. 
-- Main purpose is to give readable names to objects you want to track.
function ViragDevTool_AddData(data, dataName)
 ...
end

Lets suppose you have MyModFN function in yours addon

function MyModFN()
    local var = {}
    ... some code here
    ViragDevTool_AddData(var, "My local var in MyModFN")
end

This will add var as new row in ViragDevTool UI HybridScrollFrameTemplate list

For example

ViragDevTool_AddData(_G, "_G")

Output:

Id(Row in list)	Type	Data Name	Data Value

Here is how i use ViragDevTool_AddData:

--define print fn so we can easily turn it off 
function MyOtherAddon_Print(strName, tData) 
    if ViragDevTool_AddData and MyOtherAddon.kbDEBUG then 
        ViragDevTool_AddData(tData, strName) 
    end
end

-- use this function all over my code instead of print
MyOtherAddon_Print("MyOtherAddon", MyOtherAddon) -- sends object to UI

How to use sidebar:

There are 3 tabs in sidebar and text field has different behavior in each tab.

• In \vdt history tab it is just easy way to call /vdt ... for example you can print find Virag and it is the same as printing /vdt find Virag in chat

• In Events tab textfield can only use eventname or eventname unit and this is the same as /vdt eventadd eventname or /vdt eventadd unit where eventname is Blizzard API event(http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Events_A-Z_(Full_List)) string name For example: UNIT_AURA player in textbox is the same as /vdt eventadd UNIT_AURA player in chat

if unit then f:RegisterUnitEvent(event, unit)
else f:RegisterEvent(event) end

• In Fn Call Log tab you can type tableName functionName into textfield and it will try to find _G.tableName.functionName and if this field is a function it will be replaced with logger function like this:

tParent[fnName] = function(...)
   ViragDevTool:Add({ ... }) -- will add args to the list
   local result = { savedOldFn(...) }
   ViragDevTool:Add(result) -- will add return value to the list
   return unpack(result)
end

How to use function arguments:

You can specify coma separated arguments that will be passed to the function. Can be string, number, nil, true/false and table to pass table you have to specify prefix t= so lets suppose i want to pass ViragDevToolFrame as a argument, then the string has to be t=ViragDevToolFrame

Demo1: FN Call Args: t=Frame, 12, a12 => someFunction(_G.Frame (table) , 12 (number), a12 (string)) Demo2: FN Call Args: t=Frame.Frame2.Frame3 => someFunction(_G.Frame.Frame2.Frame3 (table))

/CMD

• /vdt - toggle ui
• /vdt help - for everything else

Other functionality

• Clicking on table name will expand and show its children

• Clicking on function name will try to call the function. WARNING BE CAREFUL

• If table has WoW API GetObjectType() then its type will be visible in value column

• Can monitor WoW API events

• Can log function calls: their input args and return values

• Note: Strings in value column have no line brakes

TODO list:

ViragDevTool is in beta so there is lots of stuff to add and tune.

1. Create dynamic text color and size chooser (probably not everyone likes SystemFont_Small)
2. Add filters by object name and type

Not important:

• Add predefined buttons for every WoW API (just like _G)
• Add function args info and description from mapping file
• Add object deep copy option

How to contribute

For now this addon will be updated only when i need certain feature in my other addon's development

Preferred option is to use Github issue tracker if you have some todos, bugs, feature requests, and more. https://github.com/varren/ViragDevTool/issues

Can also use Curse comments board http://mods.curse.com/addons/wow/varrendevtool

Inspired by Rover addon from Wildstar http://mods.curse.com/ws-addons/wildstar/220043-rover

ViragDevTool is Rover for WoW