The Python Deep Learning Cookbook presents technical solutions to the issues presented, along with a detailed explanation of the solutions. Furthermore, a discussion on corresponding pros and cons of implementing the proposed solution using one of the popular frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras and CNTK is provided. The book includes recipes that are related to the basic concepts of neural networks. The main purpose of this book is to provide Python programmers a detailed list of recipes to apply deep learning to common and not-so-common scenarios.

Matt Harrison runs MetaSnake, a Python and Data Science consultancy and corporate training shop. In the past, he has worked across the domains of search, build management and testing, business intelligence, and storage. He has presented and taught tutorials at conferences such as Strata, SciPy, SCALE, PyCON, and OSCON as well as local user conferences. The structure and content of his books are based on first-hand experience teaching Python to many individuals.

These days there is a wide choice of platforms, technologies, and programming languages for deep learning. In this book all the examples are in Python and most of the code relies on the excellent Keras framework. The example code is available on GitHub as a set of Python notebooks, one per chapter. Python -- Python 3 is preferred, but Python 2.7 should also work. We use a variety of helper libraries that all can easily be installed using pip.