World of Warcraft Programming


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The #1 bestselling programming book is back with updated and expanded coverage of the newest release of WoW! World of Warcraft (WoW) is currently the world's largest massively multiplayer online role-playing game. The newest release, "Wrath of the Lich King," has created a demand for updated information on writing addons. This eagerly anticipated edition answers that request and is an essential reference for creating WoW addons. Written by a duo of authors who have each contributed a number of successful WoW addons, the book offers an overview of Lua and XML (the programming languages used to write addons) and includes coverage of specific pitfalls and common programming mistakes-and how to avoid them. Valuable examples show you detailed aspects of writing addons for WoW and demonstrate how to implement addon concepts such as variables, slash commands, secure templates, and more. World of Warcraft insiders share their techniques for writing addons for both the latest version of WoW as well as the new Wrath of the Lich King expansion set Guides you through the specific nuances of the WoW API with the use of detailed examples Discusses ways to distribute and host your WoW addons so others can download and use them Explains how to respond to events, create frames, and use the WoW API to interact with the game You'll be well on your way to creating exciting WoW addons with this comprehensive reference by your side. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.




The WoW Diary: A Journal of Computer Game Development [Second Edition]


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The WoW (World of Warcraft) Diary offers a rare, unfiltered look inside the gaming industry written by the game's first level designer, John Staats. The World of Warcraft Diary offers a rare, unfiltered look inside the gaming industry. It was written by the game's first level designer, John Staats, from notes he took during WoW's creation. The WoW Diary explains why developers do things and debunks popular myths about the games industry. In great detail he covers the what it took to finish the project; the surprises, the arguments, the mistakes, and Blizzard's formula for success. The author includes anecdotes about the industry, the company, the dev team; how they worked together, and the philosophy behind their decisions. The WoW Diary is a story made from notes taken during the dev team’s four-year journey. It is a timeline of Vanilla WoW’s development cycle, a time-capsule with an exhausting amount of details that also looks at the anatomy of computer game studio. In order to illustrate how all the parts of computer game company work together, he interviewed everyone from the company’s founders to his former teammates; and the supporting departments who helped make WoW a reality.




W.O.W. created w.o.w.


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Some of the poems in this book will bring you to tears. Others will make you erupt in laughter. Whatever your reasons may be for reading my book, you will be moved and you will find yourself picking up W.O.W. created w.o.w. often. It is my hope that it garners hope within your breast and reminds you of a HIGHER POWER! Whether this book helps you a little or a lot, please pass any blessings you receive from it, forward.




Create WOW Customer Experiences


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CX 2.0 - 9 Rules for Designing the Perfect CX Strategy for Customers and Employees. In a new how-to-guide for business leaders, Scott Harris uncovers what it takes for any business to build an exceptional and enduring customer experience. Harris devotes a chapter each to nine simple rules that businesses can follow to design their own winning CX strategy. Each chapter concludes with a recap, along with advice and practical exercises to help you build your strategy. In "CX 2.0 - Create WOW Customer Experiences", readers will learn why businesses today need to shift from a traditional, passive "data-at-rest" approach to be more proactive and leverage "data-in-motion" in real-time. Highlighting customer experience leaders like Airbnb, Uber and Zappos, Harris makes the case for automation and how it plays an essential role in powering great customer experiences. From achieving consistent 5-star reviews to building a winning customer experience (CX) strategy, this thought-provoking book shows you how to drive great business outcomes by turning customers into fanatics and employees into advocates.




The WOW Book


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Are you looking for more motivation and inspiration in your life? Are you looking for that daily nudge or push to inspire you to reach your full potential - and get 1% better every day? Do you seek consistent, daily growth in your body, mind, and spirit? If so, this book will motivate your mind, inspire your heart, and empower your life like never before. In The WOW Book, Todd shares 52 stories, each with a particular theme, like gratitude, hustle, recharge, and habits, to motivate you to get your mind right, discover your life's purpose, and live with conviction. Create WOW in your life NOW by embarking on this journey of daily growth with Todd Durkin, your personal WOW coach.




Wow in the World: The How and Wow of the Human Body


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A #1 New York Times Bestseller! Based on their #1 kids podcast, Wow in the World, hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz take readers on a hilarious, fact-filled, and highly illustrated journey through the human body—covering everything from our toes to our tongues to our brains and our lungs! WHY in the world do I have a belly button? And WHAT in the world does it do? WHEN in the world will my nose stop growing? And HOW in the world does my pee keep flowing? The human body is a fascinating piece of machinery. It's full of mystery, and wonder, and WOW. And it turns out, every single human on the planet has one! Join Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz, hosts of the mega-popular Wow in the World podcast, as they take you on a fact-filled adventure from your toes and your tongues to your brain and your lungs. Featuring hilarious illustrations and filled with facts, jokes, photos, quizzes, and Wow-To experiments, The How and Wow of the Human Body has everything you need to better understand your own walking, talking, barfing, breathing, pooping body of WOW!




The World of Warcraft Pop-Up Book


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Built by bestselling paper engineer Reinhart, this pop-up book brings the most-loved locations of Warcraft to life. Each page unfolds into an eye-popping treat, depicting iconic sites with brand-new art and interactive pieces.




Beginning Lua with World of Warcraft Add-ons


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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!




World of Warcraft


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Let BradyGames Guide You Through this Huge MMORPG Adventure! BradyGames¿World of Warcraft Official Strategy Guidefeatures maps of each city and region, with call outs for characters, quest locations, dungeons, and more. Essential stats and strategies for each of the 8 races and 9 classes for both the Horde and Alliance factions. Must-have quest data--contacts, quest type, item rewards and more. Profession sections provide data on products, requirements and item components. Weapon, armor and item tables, ability and spell lists, and bestiary. BradyGames is Official and Exclusive on this title. Platform: PC World of WarCraftis an online role-playing game experience set in the award-winning Warcraft universe. Players assume the roles of Warcraft heroes as they explore, adventure, and quest across a vast world. Being "Massively Multiplayer",World of Warcraftallows thousands of players to interact within the same world. Whether adventuring together or fighting against each other in epic battles, players will form friendships, forge alliances, and compete with enemies for power and glory. In addition, a dedicated live team will create a constant stream of new adventures to undertake, lands to explore, and monsters to vanquish. This content ensures that the game will never be the same from month to month, and will continue to offer new challenges and adventures for years to come.Not Final Cover. Blizzard Entertainment(www.blizzard.com), best known for their series Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo®, is a division of Vivendi Universal Games), a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating many of the industry¿s most critically acclaimed games. The company¿s free Internet gaming service Battle.net® provides a forum in which owners of Blizzard¿s games can play in a multiplayer mode remotely across the Internet and against other gamers from around the world.




Making Wow Jewelry


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• Fresh approach to DIY fashion jewelry-making. • Pretty, attention-grabbing statement jewelry that readers can make in one sitting. • Each project includes a full-page beauty shot, supply list, step-by-step photos, tips and tricks, a narrative about the piece, and creative variations. • Author is an award-winning jewelry designer and cable television personality with a big social media following.