The document introduces a simple calculator application built with Python, noting that Python is a popular programming language used for web development, software development, and more. It provides requirements for the project, which is to create a graphical user interface (GUI) calculator using the Tkinter library in Python that allows users to perform basic mathematical calculations. The document outlines tools needed like PyCharm IDE, Python libraries, and system requirements before describing use cases and presenting a sample output screen of the calculator application.