To get the most out of this book

The book assumes that readers have a firm grasp of programming concepts and software engineering skills, building and running software from scratch in C++. The book also features code in JavaScript, Python, Java, and Swift. Engineers looking to dive deeper into those sections will benefit from programming language knowledge beyond C++.

Readers of this book should be able to obtain an installation of OpenCV in its various flavors. Some chapters will require a Python, others an Android, installation. Obtaining these and installing them is discussed thoroughly in the accompanying code and in the text.