Greetings from snow country

[rlg118]

From the Land of Lake-Effect Snow (central New York) - if you don't know what that is, consider yourself lucky.

I snagged myself a Samsung Galaxy Centura - a Tracfone - and I love to tinker, so Android was probably a good choice. I'd like to eventually write some programs for these.

My programming experience goes back to the IBM System/370 (FORTRAN, APL, and COBOL), then a Commodore 64 in '83 (BASIC), and various IBM midrange machines (S/36, AS400) running RPG II, III, and IV. I've also done a bit of Visual BASIC and VB Script.

I'm going to need a lot of help with this Linux stuff...

 

[olbriar]

Welcome to the forums rlg118. It's great to have you here as a new member. You've chosen a great place to sharpen your skills for Android. We do have a special set of forums for the developers that you might find interesting and informative. Here is a link:
Android Development - Android Forums
We are all here helping one another to get the most from our devices and to push android platform to the max. I think you are going to enjoy your time here. Thanks for joining the community.

 

[sfbloodbrother]

Land of lake effect snow? I've never heard of that.

Welcome to the Phandroid community.

 

[rlg118]

Thanks for that.

For a description of lake-effect snow, go here:

NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Monitoring & Understanding Our Changing Planet

Note the radar picture on the left. A lake-effect band like that dumped more than eleven feet of snow on the town of Redfield - in a week! - a few years back. It made the national news.