DevTool

DevTool

DevTool is a multipurpose tool to assist with World of Warcraft addon development. The core functionality is similar to a debugger, and it is capable of visualizing and inspecting tables, events, and function calls at runtime.

This addon can help new and veteran developers alike by providing a visual representation of their tables and structures. Examining the WoW API or your addon's variables in a table-like, columnar interface is much easier than using print(), /dump, or other chat debugging methods.

While DevTool is fully capable of being used solely from its graphical interface, it also provides a simple API for incorporation into your codebase directly. Use of this API will result in adding elements directly into the DevTool interface for inspection. You can learn more about the DevTool API here.

Chat commands:

• /dev - toggles the main UI window
• /dev help - Lists help actions in the chat window
• /dev "command" - Will execute one of the commands listed in the help menu

Other functionality:

• Clicking on a table name will expand and show its children.
• Clicking on a function name will try to call the function. WARNING: BE CAREFUL.
• If a table has WoW API GetObjectType() then its type will be visible in the value column.
• DevTool can monitor WoW API events similar to that of /etrace.
• DevTool can log function calls, their input args, and return values. Note: Strings in the 'value' column have no line breaks

Want to contribute?

• Report Bugs and Request Features
• Source Code

Want to Donate?

Making add-ons is a lot of work! Your help goes a huge way to making my add-on work possible. If you would like to Donate, GitHub Sponsors is the preferred method.

Credits:

DevTool is a continuation of the amazing ViragDevTool addon started by Varren/Virag for World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth and prior. All credit for the idea and the work done prior to 2021 should go to him, accordingly.