(Programming in Africa)
I did not write this code on a notepad, but on a button phone on the J2ME platform.

How it was

At that time I had not yet had to write the code on the note. I simply had no money to buy it. The parents wanted to help, but it was difficult for them: they would have to choose between buying a notepad and paying for school or other necessary expenses.

I was lucky: a relative gave me a Nokia 2690 phone. This phone in the picture above changed my life, it was on it that I was developing my Xmx Me, a not-flown social network and several other projects. With this phone and the desire to succeed, I spent hours printing code on a tiny keyboard. And in another way, I was lucky: I found an app to compile my J2ME projects. So yes, creating a J2ME app on a J2ME phone is really possible.

Fully determined to my goal, I found a job – I made a site on order to earn the missing amount on a laptop. How to make a website on a Nokia phone? It’s very simple: bring a friend with a hospitalist on Facebook and every night get him asking to see your website on his screen and give feedback. It was cheaper for me than daily trips to an internet cafe.