A practical guide to RNN and LSTM in Keras

After going through a lot of theoretical articles on recurrent layers, I just wanted to build my first LSTM model and train it on some texts! But the huge list of exposed parameters for the layer and the delicacies of layer structures were too complicated for me. This meant I had to spend a lot of time going through StackOverflow and API definitions to get a clearer picture. This article is an attempt to consolidate all of the notes which can accelerate the process of transition from theory to practice. The goal of this guide is to develop a practical understanding of using recurrent layers like RNN and LSTM rather than to provide theoretical understanding.