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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/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
Mathieu Virbel – https://www.digital-stories.fr/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss and https://vimeo.com/80051846?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss
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
Tobias
Zeal
CommitStrip
Chris
Jack’s Abbey Smoke & Dagger
Woman in Gold
Mathieu Virbel
YAPF Yet Another Python Formatter
Learn Chinese With Cats!
Rince Cochon
Akshay Aurora
Mangoes!
Tic-Tac-Toe machine controlled by Kivy
Ryan Pessa
E-Cigarettes – The MilkMan by Vaping Rabbit
Gabriel Pettier
I3WM Tiling window manager
Boulet Corp
SMBC
Contacting the Kivy Core Team
Kivy.org – About Us page
The intro and outro music is from Requiem for a Fish The Freak Fandango Orchestra / CC BY-SA