WOW Classic Addon Ace-3.0 Bootstrap

Readme.md

Instructions

Here is the directory structure:

Interface\Addons\MyAddon\
Interface\Addons\MyAddon\MyAddon.toc
Interface\Addons\MyAddon\embeds.xml
Interface\Addons\MyAddon\Core.lua
Interface\Addons\MyAddon\Locales\Locales.xml
Interface\Addons\MyAddon\Locales\enUS.lua
etc...

Download all Ace3 libraries:

https://www.wowace.com/projects/ace3/files

Put them in Interface\Addons\MyAddon\Libs\. The directory structure should look similar to this:

Interface\Addons\MyAddon\Libs\Ace3.toc
Interface\Addons\MyAddon\Libs\Ace3.lua
Interface\Addons\MyAddon\Libs\LibStub\LibStub.lua
Interface\Addons\MyAddon\Libs\AceConsole-3.0\AceConsole-3.0.lua
Interface\Addons\MyAddon\Libs\AceLocale-3.0\AceLocale-3.0.lua
etc...

Core.lua

MyAddon = LibStub("AceAddon-3.0"):NewAddon("MyAddon")

MyAddon.version = "1.0"

local Console = LibStub("AceConsole-3.0")

local L = LibStub("AceLocale-3.0"):GetLocale("MyAddon")

-- Register slash command /myaddon
MyAddon:RegisterChatCommand("myaddon", "MyAddonCommand")
function MyAddon:MyAddonCommand(input)
   --  Handle the input
end

function MyAddon:OnInitialize()
    -- Code that you want to run when the addon is first loaded goes here.
    self:Print(L["Hello World"])
end

function MyAddon:OnEnable()
    -- Called when the addon is enabled
end

function MyAddon:OnDisable()
    -- Called when the addon is disabled
end

embeds.xml

<Ui xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/ ..\FrameXML\UI.xsd">

  <!-- Localization -->
  <Include file="Locales\Locales.xml"/>

  <!-- LibStub for loading other addons -->
  <Script file="Libs\LibStub\LibStub.lua"/>

  <!-- Include Ace-3.0 libraries -->
  <Include file="Libs\AceAddon-3.0\AceAddon-3.0.xml"/>
  <Include file="Libs\AceConsole-3.0\AceConsole-3.0.xml"/>
  <Include file="Libs\AceLocale-3.0\AceLocale-3.0.xml"/>
</Ui>

enUS.lua

--localization file for english/United States
local L = LibStub("AceLocale-3.0"):NewLocale("MyAddon", "enUS", true)

L["Hello World"] = "Hello World!!!"

Locales.xml

<Ui xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.blizzard.com/wow/ui/ ..\FrameXML\UI.xsd">
    <Script file="enUS.lua"/>
</Ui>

MyAddon.toc

## Interface: 11302
## Title: MyAddon
## Notes: A description of what this addon does
## Author: John Doe
## Version: 1.0

embeds.xml
Core.lua