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nektar2008
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Help getting started with developing

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Hi,

I like the softwares I have found on this forum and I'm interested in developing my own. I'm not completely new to this. I have a programming background (or rather web coding background). But I have never tried writing code dealing with object tracking, color tracking (via webcam for instance) but I find it very interesting.

I know some of the softwares has available source code from the developers which is very nice. Best way to learn would probably be to look at that.

However, for the time being, I'm wondering what to install to get started. I figured that the first step would be to connect to the webcam and show the video stream, so that would be my first project :) I found a Visual Studio Enterprice 2015 copy and installed that so that's a start I guess. Another question thoug, I have seen comments on the forum where developers say that it's better to user Silverlight for webcam compatibility. What else would I use? Are you all using OpenCV in general for the image algorithm?

As you can see I haven't got it all sortet out yet. I guess it would be easy for some of you to point me in the right direction? :)

Also I would like to thank all the developers for all the wonderful software which I use regularly!

Thanks!
mechwilliam
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Re: Help getting started with developing

Post by mechwilliam »

:hi:

(this post doesn't directly address your question)

Usually C++ would be the perfect language for image processing for performance reasons, however, in self-bondage, where safety is of utmost importance, a single bug isn't acceptable.
As you mention having web coding, I assume you mostly use scripting languages and don't have OO experience. In that case C++ will prove to be a headache to work with. In your case I think Python would be most suited for your task here.

http://docs.opencv.org/3.0-beta/doc/py_ ... rials.html
http://opencv-python-tutroals.readthedo ... splay.html
http://docs.opencv.org/3.0-beta/doc/py_ ... -detection

Silverlight is dead, "Silverlight is no longer supported in Google Chrome since September 2015,[8] and in Firefox since March 2017.[9] Since Microsoft Edge does not support plugins, it also does not support Silverlight." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight

By the way, VS Community 2017 is available free of charge from Microsoft.
nektar2008
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Re: Help getting started with developing

Post by nektar2008 »

mechwilliam wrote::hi:

(this post doesn't directly address your question)

Usually C++ would be the perfect language for image processing for performance reasons, however, in self-bondage, where safety is of utmost importance, a single bug isn't acceptable.
As you mention having web coding, I assume you mostly use scripting languages and don't have OO experience. In that case C++ will prove to be a headache to work with. In your case I think Python would be most suited for your task here.

http://docs.opencv.org/3.0-beta/doc/py_ ... rials.html
http://opencv-python-tutroals.readthedo ... splay.html
http://docs.opencv.org/3.0-beta/doc/py_ ... -detection

Silverlight is dead, "Silverlight is no longer supported in Google Chrome since September 2015,[8] and in Firefox since March 2017.[9] Since Microsoft Edge does not support plugins, it also does not support Silverlight." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Silverlight

By the way, VS Community 2017 is available free of charge from Microsoft.
Thanks for your answer! This is really helpful. I will look at the guides in the links. Seems like it should be pretty easy to follow and get started. As you say, I have done mostly scripting. I do have some C++ experience and has worked a little with OO also but if there is an alternative I choose that :)
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