To get the most out of this book

To be able to follow through the examples in this book, you will need the following software:

• macOS 10.13 or higher 
• Xcode 9.2 or higher 
• iOS 11.0 or higher (device and simulator) 

For the examples that are dependent on Core ML 2, you will need the following software:

• macOS 10.14 
• Xcode 10.0 beta 
• iOS 12 (device and simulator)

It's recommended that you use https://notebooks.azure.com (or some other Jupyter notebook service provider) to follow the examples using the Core ML Tools Python package, but those wanting to run locally or train their model will need the following software:

• Python 2.7 
• Jupyter Notebooks 1.0
• TensorFlow 1.0.0 or higher
• NumPy 1.12.1 or higher
• Core ML Tools 0.9 (and 2.0 for Core ML 2 examples)  

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4. Enter the name of the book in the Search box and follow the onscreen instructions.

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Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: http://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/MachineLearningwithCoreML_ColorImages.pdf.

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: "At the top of the class, we have the VideoCaptureDelegate protocol defined."

A block of code is set as follows:

public protocol VideoCaptureDelegate: class {
    func onFrameCaptured(
      videoCapture: VideoCapture, 
      pixelBuffer:CVPixelBuffer?, 
      timestamp:CMTime)
}

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

@IBOutlet var previewView:CapturePreviewView!
@IBOutlet var classifiedLabel:UILabel!
 
let videoCapture : VideoCapture = VideoCapture()

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: "Select System info from the Administration panel."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.