Hugging Face with Python – Full Hands-On Syllabus
Section 1 – Introduction & Setup
Goal: Understand Hugging Face ecosystem, install and set up environment.
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What is Hugging Face?
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Transformers library
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Datasets library
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Tokenizers library
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Model Hub
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Spaces
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Installation & Environment Setup
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Installing transformers, datasets, huggingface_hub, evaluate
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Python virtual environments (venv, conda) for HF projects
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Setting up a free Hugging Face account and API token
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First Hands-on: Load a pre-trained model and tokenizer.
from transformers import pipeline
classifier = pipeline("sentiment-analysis")
print(classifier("Hugging Face is awesome!"))
Mini Project:
✅ Sentiment Analyzer – User enters text, script returns positive/negative with confidence score.
Section 2 – Transformers Fundamentals
Goal: Learn model loading, tokenization, pipelines, and inference.
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Pre-trained Models & Pipelines
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Tokenizer Basics
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Tokenization process (subword, wordpiece, BPE)
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Encoding and decoding text
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Padding, truncation, attention masks
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Hands-on Exercises:
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Load different models from transformers
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Tokenize custom text and see token IDs
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Decode token IDs back to text
Mini Project:
✅ Custom NER Tool – Extract names, locations, and organizations from text.
Section 3 – Working with Hugging Face Datasets
Goal: Learn to load, explore, preprocess, and split datasets.
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Datasets Basics
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Loading built-in datasets (IMDB, SQuAD, etc.)
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Loading CSV/JSON from local or URL
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Dataset structure: features, splits, metadata
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Data Processing
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Filtering, mapping, and formatting datasets
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Tokenizing entire datasets efficiently (map with batched processing)
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Train/validation/test split
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Hands-on:
Mini Project:
✅ Text Cleaner & Preprocessor – Load dataset, clean text, tokenize, and prepare for model training.
Section 4 – Fine-tuning Pre-trained Models
Goal: Learn to train and fine-tune models for custom tasks.
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Training Setup
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Fine-tuning Steps
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Hands-on:
Mini Project:
✅ Movie Review Sentiment Classifier – Fine-tune BERT on IMDB dataset.
Section 5 – Advanced Fine-tuning & Customization
Goal: Handle larger models, optimize training, and customize architectures.
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Training Optimization
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Custom Models
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Saving & Sharing Models
Mini Project:
✅ Custom Toxic Comment Detector – Fine-tune DistilBERT with additional custom classification layers.
Section 6 – Beyond NLP: Vision & Audio Models
Goal: Explore non-text models in Hugging Face.
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Image Models
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Audio Models
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Speech-to-text (whisper)
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Audio classification
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Hands-on:
Mini Project:
✅ Speech Sentiment Detector – Convert audio to text, run sentiment analysis.
Section 7 – Deployment & Integration
Goal: Deploy and use models in real applications.
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FastAPI Integration – Create REST API for HF models
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Streamlit/Gradio Apps – Interactive UIs
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Hugging Face Spaces Deployment – Free hosting for models and apps
Mini Project:
✅ Text Summarization Web App – Users paste an article, model outputs a summary.
Section 8 – Advanced Topics & Research
Goal: Explore cutting-edge Hugging Face features.
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PEFT & LoRA – Parameter-efficient fine-tuning for large models
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Transformers for RAG – Retrieval-Augmented Generation with transformers + faiss
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Multi-task models – Train one model for multiple tasks
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Quantization & Model Optimization – Run large models on small hardware
Capstone Project Ideas:
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AI Customer Support Bot (QA + summarization + sentiment analysis)
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RAG-based PDF Question Answering System (LangChain + HF models)
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Multi-modal AI (text + image inputs)
π Teaching Flow Tip:
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Start each section with concepts, then code-along examples, then a small hands-on task.
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Include model training on free Google Colab to keep costs zero.
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End with a capstone project combining multiple Hugging Face capabilities.
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