lightning/docs/source/converting.rst

.. testsetup:: *

    from pytorch_lightning.core.lightning import LightningModule
    from pytorch_lightning.core.datamodule import LightningDataModule
    from pytorch_lightning.trainer.trainer import Trainer

.. _converting:

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How to organize PyTorch into Lightning
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To enable your code to work with Lightning, here's how to organize PyTorch into Lightning

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1. Move your computational code
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Move the model architecture and forward pass to your :ref:`lightning_module`.

.. testcode::

    class LitModel(LightningModule):

        def __init__(self):
            super().__init__()
            self.layer_1 = nn.Linear(28 * 28, 128)
            self.layer_2 = nn.Linear(128, 10)

        def forward(self, x):
            x = x.view(x.size(0), -1)
            x = self.layer_1(x)
            x = F.relu(x)
            x = self.layer_2(x)
            return x

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2. Move the optimizer(s) and schedulers
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Move your optimizers to the :func:`~pytorch_lightning.core.LightningModule.configure_optimizers` hook.

.. testcode::

    class LitModel(LightningModule):

        def configure_optimizers(self):
            optimizer = torch.optim.Adam(self.parameters(), lr=1e-3)
            return optimizer

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3. Find the train loop "meat"
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Lightning automates most of the training for you, the epoch and batch iterations, all you need to keep is the training step logic.
This should go into the :func:`~pytorch_lightning.core.LightningModule.training_step` hook (make sure to use the hook parameters, ``batch`` and ``batch_idx`` in this case):

.. testcode::

    class LitModel(LightningModule):

        def training_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
            x, y = batch
            y_hat = self(x)
            loss = F.cross_entropy(y_hat, y)
            return loss

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4. Find the val loop "meat"
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To add an (optional) validation loop add logic to the
:func:`~pytorch_lightning.core.LightningModule.validation_step` hook (make sure to use the hook parameters, ``batch`` and ``batch_idx`` in this case).

.. testcode::

    class LitModel(LightningModule):

        def validation_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
            x, y = batch
            y_hat = self(x)
            val_loss = F.cross_entropy(y_hat, y)
            return val_loss

.. note:: ``model.eval()`` and ``torch.no_grad()`` are called automatically for validation

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5. Find the test loop "meat"
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To add an (optional) test loop add logic to the
:func:`~pytorch_lightning.core.LightningModule.test_step` hook (make sure to use the hook parameters, ``batch`` and ``batch_idx`` in this case).

.. testcode::

    class LitModel(LightningModule):

        def test_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
            x, y = batch
            y_hat = self(x)
            loss = F.cross_entropy(y_hat, y)
            return loss

.. note:: ``model.eval()`` and ``torch.no_grad()`` are called automatically for testing.

The test loop will not be used until you call.

.. code-block::

    trainer.test()

.. tip:: .test() loads the best checkpoint automatically

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6. Remove any .cuda() or to.device() calls
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Your :ref:`lightning_module` can automatically run on any hardware!