Chapter 1

Introduction to Python

1.1Introduction

Before we begin discussion on image acquisition and processing using Python, we will provide an overview of the various aspects of Python. This chapter focuses on some of the basic materials covered by many other books [Bea09], [Het10], [Lut06], [Vai09] and also from the book, “Essential Python” ([PC18]), a book from the authors of this book. If you are already familiar with Python and are currently using it, then you can skip this chapter.

We begin with an introduction to Python. We will then discuss the installation of Python with all the modules using the Anaconda distribution. Once the installation has been completed, we can begin exploring the various features of Python. We will quickly ...

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