How to Create and Decode a Barcodes Using Python
In this post, I will show you how to how to create and to decode Barcodes using Python in a very easy way to learn.
Barcode Overview
Barcode is an arrangement of black and white vertical lines with different thicknesses, which stores specific data for a product, such as production code, expiration date, identity number of concentric circles, and so on.
The Barcode was originally invented by Norman Joseph Woodland and his colleague Bernard Silver, they were both students of the Drexel Institute of Technology, who managed to patent their invention in the late 40s.
Their inventions were then continuously developed, and not only by them but also from the hard work of two engineers named Frank Stietz and Raymond Alexander. Until 1966, this invention was used for commercial purposes.
Until now, barcodes have an important role in our daily lives, starting from helping us make it easier when transacting at supermarkets to helping with patient data collection when conducting laboratory examinations in hospitals.
The Barcodes are divided into two types, namely
1-Dimensional Barcodes and…
