Setting up the working environment

This section briefly discusses the requirements needed to effectively follow the narrative, implement, and run Kivy applications. Personal computer running a modern operating system—a Mac, Linux, or Windows box—is implied.

A note on Python

Python is the primary programming language used in the book; good knowledge of it, while not strictly necessary, may help.

At the time of writing, there are two incompatible versions of Python in wide use. Python 2.7 is monumentally stable but no longer actively developed, and Python 3 is a newer and slightly more controversial version bringing many improvements to the language, but occasionally breaking compatibility along the way.

The code in this book should largely work in ...

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