Amiga programming

magnox · 12 February 2006, 20:44

Hi, Just wondered if anyone can give me any pointers as I want to start learning a programming language for the amiga. Is there a particular package that is good and any tutorials to get you started, as I am a novice and have no prior programming experience (Ok, except for the c64 and basic lol) Thanks in advance for your help

Haakon · 13 February 2006, 00:51

The sticky in coders tutorioal may help:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=21516

BippyM · 13 February 2006, 02:00

It depends what you want to do to be honest!

68k asm is really for the curious or die-hards only (like myself) or if you want to do games or demos that require a lot of speed etc..

C is the best option for programming utilities

Blitz is a good all-rounder and isn't that difficult to learn

Amos is piss easy to learn but very limited tbh.

At the minute there is a lot of asm stuff floating about as myself and a couple of others are trying to learn it, and since my injection into some resources and postings here the bug has caught

Photon · 13 February 2006, 22:43

Depends on your platform. Choose Assembler if you want to learn about the glorious Amiga OCS/ECS/AGA hardware. For utilites and newer platforms, c might be good. Looked at Blitz and Amos but never used them.

bburtonpa · 27 April 2006, 22:04

Take the time to learn 'C' as you could then use the knowledge to code on any platform (Windows, MAC, Linux).

Ray Norrish · 27 April 2006, 23:29

Yea, die hard programming in 68000 isn't going to get you much of a career

C however, would stand you in good stead on other platforms.

musashi5150 · 28 April 2006, 00:33

If you've never coded before (as the other guys said above) learning C is a very good idea. It's quite easy to pick up and will transfer nicely across to other platforms. Once you have mastered the basics of the language it's quite easy to get some graphics and other results going quite quickly - which will encourage you to keep working on it. Staring at assembler debugging windows isn't everyones cup of tea

It will also help you understand the concepts of assembly more easily should you wish to learn that at a later date.

In my opinion I wouldn't bother with Blitz or Amos as they are quite limited and you might as well learn to code with a 'proper' language

12 February 2006, 20:44	#1
magnox Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lincolnshire Age: 41 Posts: 53	Amiga programming Hi, Just wondered if anyone can give me any pointers as I want to start learning a programming language for the amiga. Is there a particular package that is good and any tutorials to get you started, as I am a novice and have no prior programming experience (Ok, except for the c64 and basic lol) Thanks in advance for your help

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13 February 2006, 00:51	#2
Haakon Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Norway Age: 49 Posts: 180	The sticky in coders tutorioal may help: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=21516

13 February 2006, 02:00	#3
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	It depends what you want to do to be honest! 68k asm is really for the curious or die-hards only (like myself) or if you want to do games or demos that require a lot of speed etc.. C is the best option for programming utilities Blitz is a good all-rounder and isn't that difficult to learn Amos is piss easy to learn but very limited tbh. At the minute there is a lot of asm stuff floating about as myself and a couple of others are trying to learn it, and since my injection into some resources and postings here the bug has caught

13 February 2006, 22:43	#4
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,602	Depends on your platform. Choose Assembler if you want to learn about the glorious Amiga OCS/ECS/AGA hardware. For utilites and newer platforms, c might be good. Looked at Blitz and Amos but never used them.

27 April 2006, 22:04	#5
bburtonpa Amiga user since 1985 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Middlesex, NJ USA Posts: 14	Take the time to learn 'C' as you could then use the knowledge to code on any platform (Windows, MAC, Linux).

27 April 2006, 23:29	#6
Ray Norrish Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Cheshire, UK Age: 56 Posts: 322	Yea, die hard programming in 68000 isn't going to get you much of a career C however, would stand you in good stead on other platforms.

28 April 2006, 00:33	#7
musashi5150 move.w #$4489,$dff07e Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Norfolk, UK Age: 42 Posts: 2,351	If you've never coded before (as the other guys said above) learning C is a very good idea. It's quite easy to pick up and will transfer nicely across to other platforms. Once you have mastered the basics of the language it's quite easy to get some graphics and other results going quite quickly - which will encourage you to keep working on it. Staring at assembler debugging windows isn't everyones cup of tea It will also help you understand the concepts of assembly more easily should you wish to learn that at a later date. In my opinion I wouldn't bother with Blitz or Amos as they are quite limited and you might as well learn to code with a 'proper' language

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