Building Desktop Applications with Python and Kivy

Name: Building Desktop Applications with Python and Kivy
Rating: 4.1 (94 reviews)

create modern GUIs with a cross platform NUI framework

Created bySamuel Mthembo

Last updated 10/2019

English

What you'll learn

Build Graphical User Interfaces For Your Programs
Know How To Use The Right Approach For A Particular Usecase
Build Three Real World Applications
Learn All The Ins and Outs of Kivy
Seamlessly Integrate Third-Party Libraries with Kivy

Course content

5 sections • 84 lectures • 6h 53m total length

Introduction2:08
Installation1:22
Installation Instructions For Linux,Mac and Windows
Installation: VsCode2:25
Hello Kivy1:54
Write your first kivy program

Understanding The Hello Kivy Program4:19
Understand what the program does and How
The Label Widget: Intro3:58
Understand the Label widget
The Label Widget: Properties0
The Button Widget: Intro2:58
An introduction to the Button widget
The Button Widget: Properties3:41
Get Properties6:03
Let's discuss ways of getting property values from widgets
Layouts: BoxLayout3:51
Layouts: GridLayout4:52
KvLang8:48
Widget Sizing and Spacing8:21

Project Demo0:58
Project Setup4:09
The Dropdown Widget6:23
The Action Bar3:54
Filter for Images5:03
Display an Image: The Image Class4:24
The RecycleView7:03
Display All Images3:22
Add Descriptions: Kivy Custom Widgets5:30
Clickable Images: Kivy Behaviors6:38
View Image4:16
Kivy IconFonts6:22
Adding Image Operations Buttons6:15
Fit Image To Modal: part 25:43
Fit Image To Modal part 14:34
Traversing in Kivy5:51
Next Image5:47
Previous Image2:27
Rename Image: part 14:12
Rename Image: part 27:23
Image Effects: part 14:09
Image Effects: part 2 - Burn Effect8:01
Image Effects: part 3 - Flip Image Options(1)7:27
Image Effects: part 4 - Flip Image8:54
Image Effects: part 5 - Mirror Image Options8:19
Image Effects: part 6 - Mirror Image10:33
Image Effects: part 7 - Rotate Image Options7:11
Image Effects: part 8 - Rotate Image4:07
Open An Image: Intro To ScreenManagers6:53
Open A Folder7:59
The 'About' Popup7:21
Theming The Program5:22
Bonus Lecture: Image Backdrop2:43

Project Demo0:47
Setup2:21
The VideoPlayer Widget5:09
The Video Widget6:56
Player Controls4:11
Volume Control: Slider Widget3:46
Video Duration and Progress2:54
Add Icons To Controls4:44
Align Widgets6:34
Increase/Decrease Volume3:25
Update Position Slider2:54
Video Seeking,Playing & Pausing5:51
Fast Forward/Rewind2:13
Open File: part 024:15
Open Folder4:41
Initialise Playlist view: PageLayout3:11
Add Videos to Playlist7:18
Playlist Entry Size5:23
Play From List4:21
Add File To List6:11
Remove Duplicates From List3:54
Play Next Video4:45
Play Previous Video6:18
Theme the Player6:55
About & Credits7:49

Requirements

A basic understanding of Python
A working python installation

Description

This course is designed for python developers who have been building console programs and would like to now tap into the world of graphical user interfaces. The goal of this course is to teach you everything you need to know about the kivy framework and help you build slick and modern graphical user interfaces to engage your users.By the time you finish this course, you will be able to build virtually any GUI you set your mind at.

Who this course is for:

A curious and exploratory mind
Python developers who want to move from console programs to modern user interfaces
Professionals and/or hobbists who would like to learn a new thing

Building Desktop Applications with Python and Kivy

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Course content

Introduction and Environment Setup4 lectures • 8min

Basic Widgets and Layouts10 lectures • 47min

Project 01: Kivy Calculator12 lectures • 53min

Project 1: Photo Gallery33 lectures • 3hr 9min

Cross Platform Videoplayer25 lectures • 1hr 57min

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