Zero to Deep Learning™ Udemy Video Course
Welcome to the Zero to Deep Learning Video Course repository
Get started guide
Clone this repository on your local computer
git clone https://github.com/Dataweekends/zero_to_deep_learning_udemy.git
Download and Install Anaconda Python 3.6
https://www.continuum.io/downloads
Change to course folder
cd zero_to_deep_learning_udemy
Create the course environment
conda env create
wait for the environment to create.
Activate the environment (Mac/Linux)
source activate ztdl
Activate the environment (Windows)
activate ztdl
Check that your prompt changed to
(ztdl) $
Launch Jupyter Notebook
jupyter notebook
Open your browser to
http://localhost:8888
Run the Check environment Notebook
Go to the course folder, open the notebook 0_Check_Environment.ipynb
and run it. If you see the message:
Houston we are go!
You are good to go! Enjoy!
Troubleshooting installation
If for some reason you don't see Houston we are go!
, the simplest solution is to delete the environment and start from scratch again.
To remove the environment:
- close the browser and go back to your terminal
- stop jupyter notebook (CTRL-C)
- deactivate the environment (Mac/Linux):
source deactivate
- deactivate the environment (Windows 10):
deactivate ztdl
- delete the environment:
conda remove -y -n ztdl --all
- restart from environment creation and make sure that each steps completes till the end.
Updating Conda
One thing you can also try is to update your conda executable. This may help if you already had Anaconda installed on your system.
conda update conda
These instructions have been tested on:
- Mac OSX Sierra 10.12.4
- Ubuntu 16.04
- Windows 10
Running the course on Floyd with GPU support
The guys at FloydHub are doing an excellent job of providing a zero-install platform-as-a-service for training and deploying DL models in the cloud. Here are the steps to run the course on Floyd:
Sign-up on FloydHub
Go to: www.floydhub.com and register. As a new user you get 100 hours of free GPU, which is a great starting point.
Install or update Floyd
In the terminal, with the activated ztdl
environment, run:
pip install -U floyd-cli
Login into Floyd
floyd login
This will open a browser and you will have to log in with your User/Password. Then copy the token to the terminal and hit ENTER.
Initialize the current project
floyd init zerotodeeplearning
Run a notebook with GPU support
floyd run --mode jupyter --env tensorflow --gpu --data rz8m3aPaKt95PDTdEa4U6N
Wait for the notebook to come online and then navigate to the url
Enjoy GPU power
Run a notebook and experience the awesome power of a GPU!
STOP floyd
When you are finished, remember to STOP the floyd environment so that you don't incur in charges.
floyd stop <PROJECT-ID>
Make sure that you have stopped the project by checking the floyd page.