Setting up a fastai environment in Google Colab
If you are already familiar with the Google Colab environment or want to take advantage of Google's overall machine learning ecosystem, Colab may be the right environment for you to use to explore fastai. In this section, we'll go through the steps to get set up with Colab and validate that it's ready for you to use with fastai.
Getting ready
To use Colab, you will need a Google ID and access to Google Drive. If you don't already have a Google ID, follow the instructions here to create one: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/27441?hl=en.
Once you have a Google ID, you need to confirm that you have access to Google Drive. You need access to Drive because it acts as the storage system for Colab. You save your notebooks and data in Drive when you are working in Colab. Follow the instructions here to get access to Drive: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2424384?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl...