bestd25
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Seeking Advice - Looking to learn Kivy

Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:46 pm

I want to learn how to create custom apps for my Raspberry Pi and it's touchscreen.

I am looking for any resources, tutorials, guides that can help me learn how to create a clock, weather display and maybe even a football score app etc.

I know some basic python but I have no experience with pulling information from the internet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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karrika
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Re: Seeking Advice - Looking to learn Kivy

Thu Dec 31, 2015 2:09 pm

There is a project working on Kivy that is very close to what you want. Have a look at viewtopic.php?p=819408#p819408

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Re: Seeking Advice - Looking to learn Kivy

Thu Dec 31, 2015 3:49 pm

Read the back issues of the MagPi magazine. There's a simple tutorial for TKinter in http://www.themagpi.com/issue/issue-29/ on page 44.
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Re: Seeking Advice - Looking to learn Kivy

Fri Jan 01, 2016 7:11 pm

bestd25,

Have a look at my code on the project that karrika linked. I try, whenever possible, to write plenty of comments in the code to explain what I'm trying to do.

One way to learn is just by changing existing code and seeing what happens!

If you have any questions then please post these in the forum and I'll do my best to help as much as I can.
RPi Information Screen: plugin based system for displaying weather, travel information, football scores etc.

bestd25
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Re: Seeking Advice - Looking to learn Kivy

Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:07 pm

elParaguayo wrote:bestd25,

Have a look at my code on the project that karrika linked. I try, whenever possible, to write plenty of comments in the code to explain what I'm trying to do.

One way to learn is just by changing existing code and seeing what happens!

If you have any questions then please post these in the forum and I'll do my best to help as much as I can.
Thank you very much! Great idea. I will have a play this weekend and will get back to you if (more like when) i have a question. Thank you again!

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