Need help with Python and tensorflow please

Question

hey guys,
I'm learning python to be able to work with tensorflow. my ultimate goal is to make a great recommender machine learning.
how extended should my knowledge be on python?
do i need any other language?
what else should i know?
total noob here, hope my questions aren't too trivial
thanks

Answer 1

I'm also trying to learn tensorflow. I don't use python a lot, but I am confident with the syntax and basic functionality.

Tensorflow works extremely different to how basic python programming works. All the scripting is created by using tensors, and for the code to run you must use a tensorflow session. Numpy and matplotlib are required too. I'd say tensorflow is not a simple framework to learn and some courses are required to understand it. I recommend Kadenze, which has some MOOC for tensorflow.

https://www.kadenze.com/programs/creative-applications-of-deep-learning-with-tensorflow

On the other hand, even though is not a requirement, I do recommend learning about machine learning on its own. Understand how it works, its algorithms, the concepts and practices to build efficient models. I recommend machine learning course in Coursera.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning