This post and code samples are intended to help you follow along whilst watching Part 1 of Ben Rousch's PyOhio 2013 presentation of Kivy.

By using a pip config file you can avoid re-downloading the same packages repeatedly

Using loadkeys and gnome-tweak-tool you can remap Caps Lock to Escape for a better vim experience.

Using jQuery.Deferred we can create a friendlier interface for window.setTimeout()