To get the most out of this book

This book supports several operating systems as development environments, including Windows 7 SP 1 or later, macOS X 10.7 (Lion) or later, Debian Jessie, Raspbian, Ubuntu 14.04 or later, Linux Mint 17 or later, Fedora 28 or later, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 or a later version, CentOS 8 or later, openSUSE Leap 42.3, openSUSE Leap 15.0 or later, and openSUSE Tumbleweed.

The book contains six projects with the following requirements:

• Four of these six projects run on Windows, macOS, or Linux, and require a webcam. Optionally, these projects can use Raspberry Pi or another single-board computer that runs Linux.
• One project runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) or a later version, and requires a front-facing camera (which most Android devices have).
• One project runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) or a later version, and requires a rear-facing camera and gravity sensor (which most Android devices have). For development, it requires a Windows or macOS machine and approximately $95 worth of game development software.

Setup instructions for all required libraries and tools are covered in the book. Optional setup instructions for Raspberry Pi are also included.

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Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "You can edit /etc/modules to check whether bcm2835-v4l2 is already listed there."

A block of code is set as follows:

set PYINSTALLER=pyinstaller

REM Remove any previous build of the app.
rmdir build /s /q
rmdir dist /s /q

REM Train the classifier.
python HistogramClassifier.py

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

        <activity
            android:name=".CameraActivity"
            android:screenOrientation="landscape"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$ echo "bcm2835-v4l2" | sudo tee -a /etc/modules 

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Click the Android platform and then the Switch Platform button."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.