Glossary

The words this project uses in its own sense, in plain terms. One word means one thing. The words every player knows (spell, rank, buff, aura, reagent, action bar) are not listed.

Buffs

Word	Meaning	In the code
aura and buff	The game says aura for an effect that is on a unit; this project says buff for the same thing. Only the code that reads the game says aura; everything above it says buff.	packages/@wowkit/wow/src/auras.service.ts
class buff	One entry of a class's buff list: which spell, how long it lasts, whether it is on by default, and whether it can be cast on party members.	ClassBuff, reminders/class-buffs.constants.ts
buff category	Buffs of which one is enough: one aspect, one paladin aura, one armor, or a buff together with its group version (Fortitude and Prayer of Fortitude). Any member counts for the whole category.	BuffCategory, categoryMembers, knowledge/buff-categories.constants.ts
picked weapon buff	The weapon buff the reminder keeps up: the player's choice, or the best one learned, with its highest learned rank.	PickedWeaponBuff

Reading the game

Word	Meaning	In the code
secret value	A value the game refuses to let addon code read in some situations (mostly in combat). Reading or comparing it raises an error.	isReadable, getReadable in packages/@wowkit/wow/src/utils/secret-value.utils.ts
protected call	A call to the game made so that an error does not stop the addon.	attempt, tryCall in packages/@wowkit/wow/src/utils/protected-call.utils.ts
aura memory	While the game hides auras (in combat), the addon remembers which buffs it saw or cast, for as long as they last.	BuffMemoryService (Buff Reminder)
idle	Dead, mounted, on a taxi, eating, or resting in town: nothing is shown then.	IdleService in addons/glowing-bars/src/character/

How the code is organised

Word	Meaning	In the code
reminder	Anything the addon wants the player to notice right now.	Reminders
tick	One look at the game, every 0.2 seconds and sooner when something happens.	tick/tick.service.ts
stage	One half of a tick: find what is due, then show it.	tick/find-reminders.service.ts, tick/show-reminders.service.ts
glow and notice	The glow is the highlight on an action button; the notice is the message at the top of the screen (one frame shared by all the addons).	packages/@wowkit/wow/src/glow.service.ts, notice.service.ts
grace time	After a cast, a "missing" reading is ignored for a few seconds, because the game's data lags behind.	reminders/weapon/weapon-memory.service.ts
service	A class that does one job; it gets the services it needs in its constructor. Most also say which game events they react to.	*.service.ts
wiring	addon.ts of an addon: where every service is made with new, dependencies first. The order of its lines is the order of the lifecycle hooks.	addons/*/src/addon.ts
lifecycle hook	A method a service has to be told of a moment of the addon's life: onAddonLoaded, onFirstLogin, onLogin, onReady, onLogout.	packages/@wowkit/core/README.md
event	A small announcement a lower service makes so that a higher one can react without importing it ("spells.invalidated"), on the EventBus.	AppEvents, packages/@wowkit/core/src/event-bus.ts