To get the most out of this book

Prior knowledge of Python is a must to get real benefits from this book. You will need Python version 3.7 or later installed on your system. All code examples have been tested with Python 3.7 and Python 3.8 and expected to work with any future 3.x release. A Google Cloud Platform account (a free trial will work fine) will be helpful to deploy some code examples in the cloud.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book's GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.