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.