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?
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