Getting Started with TensorFlow
Chapter 1: TensorFlow Fundamentals and Setup
Introduction to TensorFlow 2.x
Setting Up Your Development Environment
CPU vs GPU Considerations
Verifying Your Installation
The TensorFlow Ecosystem Overview
Quiz for Chapter 1
Chapter 2: Core TensorFlow Concepts
Understanding Tensors
Tensor Operations
Variables in TensorFlow
Automatic Differentiation with GradientTape
Introduction to tf.function
Practice: Tensor Manipulation and Gradients
Quiz for Chapter 2
Chapter 3: Building Models with Keras
Keras: TensorFlow's High-Level API
The Sequential Model API
Common Keras Layers
Activation Functions
The Functional API for Complex Models
Custom Layers and Models (Introduction)
Hands-on Practical: Building a Classifier
Quiz for Chapter 3
Chapter 4: Training and Evaluating Models
Compiling the Model: Loss Functions
Compiling the Model: Optimizers
Compiling the Model: Metrics
Training with model.fit()
Evaluating Model Performance with model.evaluate()
Making Predictions with model.predict()
Using Callbacks during Training
Visualizing Training with TensorBoard
Practice: Training and Monitoring
Quiz for Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Data Input Pipelines with tf.data
Why tf.data?
Creating Datasets from Tensors, NumPy, and Generators
Working with TFRecord Files
Applying Transformations: map()
Batching and Shuffling
Prefetching for Performance
Integrating tf.data with model.fit()
Image Data Augmentation with tf.data
Hands-on Practical: Building an Image Data Pipeline
Quiz for Chapter 5
Chapter 6: Saving and Loading Models
Why Save and Load Models?
Saving Checkpoints during Training
Saving Weights Only
Saving the Entire Model (Architecture + Weights + Optimizer State)
TensorFlow SavedModel Format
Loading Pre-trained Models
Introduction to TensorFlow Hub
Practice: Saving and Restoring Training
Quiz for Chapter 6
Introduction to tf.function
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Aug 12, 2025
Corrected tensor shapes for `tf.constant` in the `tf.function` decorated code to ensure compatibility for `tf.matmul` and `tf.add` operations, preventing `ValueError`.
- Better performance with tf.function, TensorFlow Authors, 2024 - Provides the official explanation of
tf.function, covering its usage, interaction with eager execution, and how it optimizes TensorFlow programs by converting Python functions into callable graphs. - Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow, Aurélien Géron, 2022 (O'Reilly Media) - A widely used practical guide that includes sections on TensorFlow 2.x eager execution and
tf.function, explaining their roles in building and optimizing machine learning models. - TensorFlow 2.0: An Introduction to Eager Execution and tf.function, Josh Gordon, Robert Crowe, 2019 (TensorFlow Blog) - An early article from the official TensorFlow blog introducing the motivations behind eager execution and the functionality of
tf.functionduring the TensorFlow 2.0 transition.