What really helped advance my understanding from zero to knowledgeable novice was rewriting some existing code line by line (using expanded variable names and comments), and thinking about each line and what it does as you go. It's the software development equivalent of Hunter S. Thompson re-typing The Great Gatsby just to get the feel of writing a great novel. Here's one I did based on Denny Britz's tutorial:
What really helped advance my understanding from zero to knowledgeable novice was rewriting some existing code line by line (using expanded variable names and comments), and thinking about each line and what it does as you go. It's the software development equivalent of Hunter S. Thompson re-typing The Great Gatsby just to get the feel of writing a great novel. Here's one I did based on Denny Britz's tutorial:
Britz's Original: http://www.wildml.com/2015/09/implementing-a-neural-network-...
My version: https://gist.github.com/sthware/c47824c116e6a61a56d9
HTH