Will there be a version 6 of the lessons?

[SeanKerr (Sean)]

Hi all - I have an odd situation. I am a mid-level python programmer - I am attempting the Fast.ai lesson 1 PROBLEM: a lot of the code fails as I go. I am now rebuilding the “Is It a Bird” Jupyter notebook but have to cherry pick the code from both the video and the actual Kaggle version of the notebook. I got a path not defined error and feel burnt out enough to call it quits and reach out to you all. Is there a reasonable solution here? Thanks, Sean Kerr

[bengrover]

Take a look at this, as I created some helpful instructions on the newer notebooks, probably will help with the older ones as well:

How to run the p2 notebooks locally on a mac

Hello, Your steps seem quite thorough. Here are a few additional tips that might help: Use requirements.txt or environment.yml: These files can help manage dependencies more effectively. You can create them using: pip freeze > requirements.txt or for conda environments: conda env export > environment.yml Check for Conflicts: Tools like pipdeptree can help visualize dependency conflicts: pip install pipdeptree pipdeptree Use Docker: For an even more isolated environment, consider using D…

[jithesh82 (Jithesh)]

Hello Sean,

Pleased to know that you are learning fastai. I started doing the first lesson a few weeks ago. I had similar issues. It was frustrating. Most of the time I googled the issue and it pointed me back to the fastai forum and I have found solutions there. If it helps, I am sharing my notebook with some edits on the “is it a bird” notebook which runs smoothly. Couple of notes. In kaggle settings, I used always latest environment and gpu100. Best wishes on your fastai journey!

notebook-some-edits: is it a bird?

[nksheridan (Neil Kazimierz Sheridan)]

I had the same kinda issues when I did the course back in June! It’s frustrating indeed! I just ended up looking for solutions, or using deepseek llm etc to help! I guess it helps to learn more vs everything working easily. It’s the same thing when you try examples for eg pytorch. I almost gave up using that for video classification! I never want to see the kinetics dataset again

[benstokes]

Pleased to know that you are learning fastai. I started doing the first lesson a few weeks ago. I had similar issues. It was frustrating. Most of the time I googled the issue and it pointed me back to the fastai forum and I have found solutions there. If it helps, I am sharing my notebook with some edits on the “is it a bird” notebook which runs smoothly. Couple of notes. In kaggle settings, I used always latest environment and gpu100. Best wishes on your fastai journey!

notebook-some-edits: is it a bird ticket lookup?

I also face this issues. Please tell me where i can learn.

[jithesh82 (Jithesh)]

@benstokes

I also face this issues. Please tell me where i can learn.

Hello Ben, It is wonderful to know that you are learning fastai!

First chapter was very difficult for me. But I went through the video lecture and the first chapter of the book. Ran all codes from both notebooks. Did a small project of my own to fail. Did the quizzes from the book. I still don’t understand much. But I believe that if I keep going I may improve. I am on chapter 2 now. It is a teeny bit better. I am just trusting Jeremey and following his instructions as much as I can. I may have bit of advantage that I have been doing python over five years.

If you give me a specific issue or problem like running code or errors I would love to look into it. It is okay if you are stuck in the very first cell, please let me know, I would love to help. And there a lot of amazing people here to help.

Best wishes,
-JK