Practical overview
When it fits
Use it for a paced introduction to PyTorch or as a notebook reference when working through model-building and training concepts.
Who it is for
- Learners with some machine-learning and deep-learning background who want structured PyTorch study.
- Practitioners seeking notebook examples for common modeling and training tasks.
Documented uses
- Study PyTorch modeling workflows for structured, image, text and time-series data.
- Learn tensors, automatic differentiation, computation graphs and PyTorch API layers.
- Look up examples for data loading, model layers, loss functions, visualization and training.
- Explore recommendation and advertising model examples in the additional curriculum.
Requirements & limits
The source repository is public and identifies the project license as Apache-2.0.
- The guide assumes prior exposure to machine learning and deep learning, including training simple models.
- The README recommends cloning the repository and using Jupyter for interactive study.
- Some notebook lessons require separate datasets; the README describes obtaining and placing a dataset archive.
- The main README and lesson descriptions are in Chinese.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Set up the repository for interactive PyTorch study
Prepare the guide’s notebooks and datasets for use in Jupyter.
Before you start
- Some machine-learning and deep-learning background, including experience building a simple model with Keras, TensorFlow, or PyTorch.
- Jupyter.
- The project’s dataset archive, obtained using the acquisition method described in the README.
Steps
Clone the repository locally; the README recommends its Gitee mirror for faster downloads in China: the command below.
git clone https://gitee.com/Python_Ai_Road/eat_pytorch_in_20_daysFollow the README’s instruction to obtain the
eat_pytorch_datasets.zipdownload link by replyingpytorchto the WeChat public account 算法美食屋.Download and extract the dataset archive, then move the extracted data into the
eat_pytorch_in_20_daysdirectory.Open the notebooks in Jupyter and study them interactively, following the day-by-day plan or finding examples by topic.
Expected outcome
The repository and its datasets are arranged for interactive study of the notebooks, which progress through PyTorch workflows, concepts, and APIs.
Guide limitations
- The README estimates 30 minutes to two hours of study per day; completing the main plan is presented as a 20-day course.
- Dataset download details are provided through the named WeChat account rather than a direct download URL.
- Readers are expected to have prior machine-learning and deep-learning fundamentals.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 15 October 2026
- Original website title
- lyhue1991/eat_pytorch_in_20_days · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

