How do I code and compile an Amiga application?
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I would like to program an application for the Amiga, just for fun!
Please could someone post a step by step howto based on the following?
- Exactly what programming tools I should use, are there any already installed?
- Am I limited to plain text editors, or are there IDEs and debugging tools available?
- If no tools are already installed, how can this done? Are there free ones?
- I'd like to learn a traditional Amiga language, could you reccomend one?
- What should I use to compile the language you suggest?
- Please could you suggest tools I may use to debug the suggested language?
- Are there any libraries I should be aware of, such as GUI libraries?
Some things to note...
- I'm running Workbench 3.1 from within the WinUAE emulator.
- From Workbench, I can access files from my Windows hard drive.
- I'd like to code and compile it from Workbench if possible.
- I'm running WinUAE in A1200 mode, not sure if that matters.
- There's an application already installed called MEmacs.
- I know C++ and C# very well, maybe there's a similar Amiga language.
- I'm aware that you can code with C and C++, but I want to learn a new language.
Update:
I have answered my own question, but please do contribute more answers as I intend on extending my answer. Thanks to all that have contributed so far, you've been very helpful!
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