Addon Development Tools

Libraries

• Sol
• Luna
• WaitTimer
• AddonManager
• AddonConfig
• kwTools
• awsmDropdown
• More Libraries on Curse

Developer addons

• LuaExplorer
• AnalyzeMemory
• UIMeasure
• FunctionWatch
• Event Watch
• InGameScripts

• More Dev tools on Curse

Editors

• There is a very good Lua language plugin for IntelliJ IDEA. On the RoM forums Noguai has published guides about how to set this IDE up: English Version German Version
• Free interface development environment (IDE) for Lua programming. Ships with the software development kit (SDK) and stand-alone compiler and linker. An addon developer must-have: Lua for Windows
• AddOn Studio for WoW Has a WYSIWYG XML UI designer; just ignore the part about needing WoW
• AddOn Studio 2010 for WoW Has a WYSIWYG XML UI designer; Works with Cata
• WoW UI Designer (actually, the UI part doesn't work)
• List of lua - and WoW-based editors

FDB Extractor

• Original
• Terestria's
• fdb-Extractor 2

Other

• AddOn Wizard for RoM: A stand-alone tool for creating RoM Addons;
• Lua language service for developers using the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE.

Development references, guides & notes

• Official Runes of Magic user fora:
  • European forum;
  • US forum.
• CurseForge;
• Programming in Lua;
• .fdb file format information on Xentax wiki.