Learn Kivy Python in 7 Days for Beginners

Build your first Python GUI apps in just 7 days.

Want to make real graphical apps with Python that run on Windows, macOS and Linux? This beginner guide teaches Kivy, the open-source Python framework for modern user interfaces. It goes one day at a time, with clear explanations and working code.

You don't need any GUI experience. Each lesson builds on the one before it. Every program uses simple, mostly non-class code, written one statement per line, and is followed by its expected result. You always know what your code should do.

What you will learn:

• Day 1: What Kivy is, how to install it and how to run your first app

• Day 2: The essential parts of a Kivy GUI application

• Day 3: UI widgets, layouts and event handling, with a full reference table of widget properties and methods

• Day 4: Hands-on examples with Button, Label, TextInput, CheckBox, Spinner, Slider, lists and tables

• Day 5: Popups and dialog boxes

• Day 6: Menus and app navigation

• Day 7: Two complete capstone projects:

  • Calculator App: a working calculator with a full button layout

  • To-Do List App: add, remove and clear tasks, and exit the app

Bonus material:

• 15 basic Python programs: factorial, prime number, Armstrong number, reverse number, sum of digits and more
• 20 Kivy FAQs with clear answers
• 20 multiple-choice quiz questions with a separate answer key

This book is for:

• Python beginners and students

• Self-taught programmers

• Hobbyists who want to build their own desktop GUI apps

• Developers moving from Tkinter or PySide6 to Kivy

The code is formatted for easy reading on paperback, Kindle and smartphone screens. By the last chapter, you'll have built two real apps and gained the confidence to design, code and run your own Kivy applications.