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[dogmax 2]

Nice links. Just chippin in to say that there is a problem with the Ace2 guide because it is for WoW version 2.0.1 which is The Burning Crusade and it has a different API than what the 1.12.1 client uses which makes it very hard for noob programmers to learn.

I found an old version on the guide which is suited for the 1.12.1 WoW verison on the Wayback Machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20061102073931/http://wiki.wowace.com/wiki/WelcomeHome_-_Your_first_Ace2_Addon

Please note:  There is an error in this version of the Ace2 guide too! It's in the Locale-enUS.lua file at the bottom of the guide.

This is the incorrect code

local L = AceLibrary("AceLocale-2.2"):new("WelcomeHome")

L:RegisterTranslations("enUS", function() return {
     ["Slash-Commands"] = { "/welcomehome", "/wh" }   -- This is where the error is
     
     ["Welcome Home!"] = true, -- default message
     
     ["Message"] = true,
     ["Sets the message to be displayed when you get home."] = true,
     ["<your message>"] = true, -- usage
     
     ["Show in Chat"] = true,
     ["If set, your message will be displayed in the General chat window."] = true,
     
     ["Show on Screen"] = true,
     ["If set, your message will be displayed on the screen near the top of the game field."] = true,
} end)

The following is the correct code:

local L = AceLibrary("AceLocale-2.2"):new("WelcomeHome")

L:RegisterTranslations("enUS", function() return {
     ["Slash-Commands"] = { "/welcomehome", "/wh" }, -- Here the error is fixed
     
     ["Welcome Home!"] = true, -- default message
     
     ["Message"] = true,
     ["Sets the message to be displayed when you get home."] = true,
     ["<your message>"] = true, -- usage
     
     ["Show in Chat"] = true,
     ["If set, your message will be displayed in the General chat window."] = true,
     
     ["Show on Screen"] = true,
     ["If set, your message will be displayed on the screen near the top of the game field."] = true,
} end)

I tried to take a back up of the wayback-machine version while also fixing the Locale-enUS.lua file and uploaded it to the vanilla wowwikia here:

http://vanilla-wow.wikia.com/wiki/WelcomeHome_-_Your_first_Ace2_Addon

However, somebody still needs to try to follow this version of the guide to spot for errors. It should be error free.