So I'm considering writing my first AddOn and I have an idea of what I want it to do.
Pretty simple; if I have a poison debuff, disease debuff, or a hostile magic effect, I want the screen to tint a certain color accordingly.
Normal view of the UI:
Poison effect:
Disease effect:
Magic effect:
Of course these are really poorly drawn out examples, but I do want it to look something like that. If you remember playing Diablo 2 and if you got a chill effect or a poison effect, your screen would tint accordingly. I want this to happen for WoW. Eventually, I will incorporate configurations for the AddOn such as minimal duration (Ignore debuffs that are less than X seconds). But first, I need to get this AddOn off the ground...
...I just don't know how. I did the tutorial that Blizzard provides and it does have me get a small understanding on how AddOns work, but I need to know where to get references for this kind of thing. I have no idea where to start, what to write, or any of that. If any of you AddOn authors could generously help me start my first AddOn, I will donate a small amount of US Dollars to you via PayPal.
Thank you.