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Brief Introduction

Date of recording – Apr 21st 2015

Hosts – Tobias Macey and Chris Patti

Overview – Interview with members of the Kivy core development team

Interview with Kivy Core Developers

Introductions

How did you get introduced to Python?

How did the Kivy project get started?

What made you choose Python as the basis for Kivy?

What were some influences on and inspirations for Kivy’s design? Raymond Hettinger – Beyond Pep 8

One of the amazing things about Kivy is that it’s comparatively simple to learn and get started with. Did this ease of use occur by design or accident?

What were some of the biggest challenges to designing or implementing Kivy?

If you could start the project over, what would you do differently?

What are some of the most interesting things you’ve seen Kivy used for? Gabriel Pettier – http://www.tangibledisplay.com/en/ Mathieu Virbel – https://www.digital-stories.fr/ and https://vimeo.com/80051846

What are some changes/features that you are particularly excited about for the future of Kivy? Wiki for roadmap to 2.0 PyJnius PyObjus Kivy-iOS Buildozer Kivy Remote Shell Plyer

Are there any platforms/operating systems that you are trying to add support for (e.g. Sailfish OS, Ubuntu Phone, Firefox OS)?

Is there anything in particular that you would like to ask for our listeners to help with? Google Summer of Code – If you didn’t get accepted, DO it anyway! 🙂 Start small – documentation fixes Fix issues Huge backlog – help answering questions Maintainers for subprojects – like PyJnius Sponsors – Kivy core team looking for new hardware Increase unit test coverage If you find a bug submit a test case



Picks

Contacting the Kivy Core Team

The intro and outro music is from Requiem for a Fish The Freak Fandango Orchestra / CC BY-SA