I'm a predominantly Mac based developer, though I have extensive experience programming on Windows going back 30+ years. I'm currently in the early stages of planning a major product called AMOS Studio. This will allow either Mac or Windows developers (I'm currently undecided on whether I will develop this for Mac, or for Windows, or for both) to write and compile AMOS programs from Windows/Mac. Current planned features include:

• full AMOS Professional syntax highlighting
• automatic indentation
• keyword completion
• command/function autocomplete
• inline syntax checking
• variable and procedure navigation
• folding of procedures and logical blocks
• project management
• integrated sprite/bob/icon bank management
• sample and music bank management
• AMAL editing
• support for AMOS extensions (limited to a few extensions initially)
• compilation to Amiga CLI executables
• compilation to Workbench executables
• export to genuine AMOS .AMOS source files
• reading existing .AMOS files
• reading and writing .ABK
• reading and writing .ABS
• support for sprite, icon, music, sample and data banks
• creation and modification of .ADF disks
• placing selected project files onto an ADF

This is going to be a major project that will involve a hell of a lot of work on my part. I have several questions in relation to this. Firstly, is there a need for this among the Amiga developer community. I currently write AMOS code in an emulated environment, and I'm sure most others do the same. My second question is - Mac or Windows, or both?. I haven't written a program in Visual Studio in close to a decade. I've been focusing on Mac based development with Xcode over the last decade. But, I'm capable of developing for either platform.

I should also say that given the amount of work involved in this project it will likely be a paid project. Anyway, let me know your opinions on whether this is something people want, and whether I should develop it for Windows, Mac, or both. I'll certainly take all comments into consideration.

Nice, thanks for posting here and not on that god aweful platform facebook.
If you need any webspace, etc etc, let me know.

Visual Studio, damn takes me back. I used to use it as an editor only.
I was same, walked away 14 years ago. Back now, .

Moved Post to AMOS board. If you want a dedicated section, let me know.

It's fine on the AMOS board.

Cheers

Just a short update. I have begun development of AMOS Studio. This will take quite some time to complete as it is a major project and I want to take the time to get it  right. I don't have a specific time frame for completion of this project at this point. It will likely be completed in the first half of 2027 though. Further details about this project will be made on its Itch.io page which can be found at AMOS Studio on Itch.io

Quote from: BrandonWhitton on 13 Oct, 2026, 06:36 AMJust a short update. I have begun development of AMOS Studio. This will take quite some time to complete as it is a major project and I want to take the time to get it  right. I don't have a specific time frame for completion of this project at this point. It will likely be completed in the first half of 2027 though. Further details about this project will be made on its Itch.io page which can be found at AMOS Studio on Itch.io

Thanks for update. Hope it works out. Checked out your other stuck, pretty cool stuff.