Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 09:00:00 -0400
<p>You can view all of the show notes for every episode at http://podcastinit.com?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss</p> <h3>Brief Introduction</h3> <ul> <li>Date of recording – Apr 21st 2015</li> <li>Hosts – Tobias Macey and Chris Patti</li> <li>Overview – Interview with members of the Kivy core development team</li> </ul> <h3>Interview with Kivy Core Developers</h3> <ul> <li>Introductions</li> <li>How did you get introduced to Python?</li> <li>How did the Kivy project get started?</li> <li>What made you choose Python as the basis for Kivy?</li> <li>What were some influences on and inspirations for Kivy’s design? <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Raymond Hettinger – Beyond Pep 8</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>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?</li> <li>What were some of the biggest challenges to designing or implementing Kivy?</li> <li>If you could start the project over, what would you do differently?</li> <li>What are some of the most interesting things you’ve seen Kivy used for? <ul> <li>Gabriel Pettier – <a href="http://www.tangibledisplay.com/en/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">http://www.tangibledisplay.com/en/?utmsource=rss&utmmedium=rss</a></li> <li>Mathieu Virbel – <a href="https://www.digital-stories.fr/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://www.digital-stories.fr/?utmsource=rss&utmmedium=rss</a> and <a href="https://vimeo.com/80051846?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/80051846?utmsource=rss&utmmedium=rss</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>What are some changes/features that you are particularly excited about for the future of Kivy? <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/kivy/kivy/wiki/Kivy-2.0-api-breaks?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Wiki for roadmap to 2.0</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">PyJnius</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/kivy/pyobjus?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">PyObjus</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/kivy/kivy-ios?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Kivy-iOS</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/kivy/buildozer?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Buildozer</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/kivy/kivy-remote-shell?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Kivy Remote Shell</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/kivy/plyer?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Plyer</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Are there any platforms/operating systems that you are trying to add support for (e.g. Sailfish OS, Ubuntu Phone, Firefox OS)?</li> <li>Is there anything in particular that you would like to ask for our listeners to help with? <ul> <li>Google Summer of Code – If you didn’t get accepted, DO it anyway! <img alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f642.png?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" style="height: 1em;" /></li> <li>Start small – documentation fixes</li> <li>Fix issues</li> <li>Huge backlog – help answering questions</li> <li>Maintainers for subprojects – like PyJnius</li> <li>Sponsors – Kivy core team looking for new hardware</li> <li>Increase unit test coverage <ul> <li>If you find a bug submit a test case</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3>Picks</h3> <ul> <li>Tobias <ul> <li><a>Zeal</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.commitstrip.com/en/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">CommitStrip</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Chris <ul> <li><a href="http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26520/71501/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jack’s Abbey Smoke & Dagger</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404425/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Woman in Gold</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Mathieu Virbel <ul> <li><a href="http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2015/yapf-yet-another-python-formatter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">YAPF Yet Another Python Formatter</a></li> <li><a href="http://ninchanese.com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Learn Chinese With Cats!</a></li> <li><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rince_Cochon?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Rince Cochon</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Akshay Aurora <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mango?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Mangoes!</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhRXAD8-UkE&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Tic-Tac-Toe machine controlled by Kivy</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Ryan Pessa <ul> <li><a href="http://www.thevapingrabbit.com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">E-Cigarettes – The MilkMan by Vaping Rabbit</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Gabriel Pettier <ul> <li><a href="http://i3wm.org/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">I3WM Tiling window manager</a></li> <li><a href="http://english.bouletcorp.com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Boulet Corp</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">SMBC</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h3>Contacting the Kivy Core Team</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://kivy.org/#aboutus?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Kivy.org – About Us page</a></li> </ul> <p>The intro and outro music is from Requiem for a Fish <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Freak_Fandango_Orchestra/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Freak Fandango Orchestra</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" rel="noopener" target="_blank">CC BY-SA</a><img alt="" height="0" src="https://analytics.boundlessnotions.com/piwik.php?idsite=1&rec=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pythonpodcast.com%2Fepisode-3-kivy-core-developers%2F&action_name=Kivy+Core+Developers+-+Episode+3&urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pythonpodcast.com%2Ffeed%2F&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss" style="border: 0; width: 0; height: 0;" width="0" /></p>