- Restore complete setup module with system information and developer profiles
- Add NBDev educational patterns with #| export and #| hide directives
- Implement SystemInfo class for platform detection and compatibility checking
- Add DeveloperProfile class with ASCII art customization and personalization
- Include comprehensive educational content with step-by-step learning progression
- Expand test suite to 20 comprehensive tests covering all functionality:
- Function execution and output validation
- Arithmetic operations (basic, negative, floating-point)
- System information collection and compatibility
- Developer profile creation and customization
- ASCII art file loading and fallback behavior
- Error recovery and integration testing
- Update README with complete feature documentation and usage examples
- Convert to executed notebook showing rich output and system information
- Maintain file-based ASCII art system with tinytorch_flame.txt
- All tests passing with professional pytest structure
- Replace manual testing with pytest test classes and assertions
- Add comprehensive test coverage:
- Function execution without errors
- Correct output content validation
- ASCII art file existence and content checks
- Error handling and fallback behavior
- Missing file graceful handling
- Update README with pytest testing instructions
- Make testing consistent with other TinyTorch modules
- All 5 tests passing with proper pytest integration
- Replace complex setup module with simple hello_tinytorch() function
- Keep only the ASCII art file (tinytorch_flame.txt) for visual appeal
- Simplify tests to just verify function runs and file exists
- Update README to reflect simplified purpose and usage
- Remove complex developer profiles and system info classes
- Focus on minimal introduction to TinyTorch workflow
🎨 File-Based ASCII Art System:
- Add beautiful tinytorch_flame.txt with sophisticated flame design
- Dynamic file loading with fallback to simple flame
- Easy customization - students can edit the file directly
- Proper error handling for missing files
🔥 Enhanced Visual Experience:
- Stunning detailed flame ASCII art from file
- 'Tiny🔥Torch' branding with 'Build ML Systems from Scratch!' tagline
- Much more sophisticated design than hardcoded version
- Students can easily customize by editing tinytorch_flame.txt
📚 Educational Benefits:
- Two customization options: parameter override or file editing
- Teaches file I/O and error handling concepts
- Encourages creative expression and ownership
- Professional development practices
🧪 Testing:
- Updated all tests to work with file-based system
- All 17 tests pass successfully
- Comprehensive coverage of file loading and fallback
- Verified both custom and default ASCII art functionality
Students can now easily create their own ASCII art by editing the tinytorch_flame.txt file or providing custom art via parameters
🎨 ASCII Art Features:
- Add beautiful TinyTorch flame ASCII art as default
- Support custom ASCII art for student personalization
- New get_ascii_art() and get_full_profile() methods
- Enhanced visual appeal and student engagement
👨💻 Profile Updates:
- Update instructor info: vj@eecs.harvard.edu, @profvjreddi
- Add comprehensive ASCII art examples and ideas
- Encourage creative student customization
- Professional signature generation with visual flair
🧪 Testing:
- Add 2 new ASCII art tests (17 total tests pass)
- Test default flame art and custom art functionality
- Verify full profile display with proper formatting
- Comprehensive coverage of all new features
Students can now create truly personalized TinyTorch experiences with custom ASCII art, making their learning journey unique and memorable
- Add DeveloperProfile class with customizable developer information
- Default to course instructor (Vijay Janapa Reddi) but allow student customization
- Include professional signature generation for code attribution
- Add comprehensive test coverage (6 new tests, 15 total tests pass)
- Encourage student ownership and personalization of their TinyTorch journey
- Maintain educational structure with TODO sections and hidden solutions
- Fix syntax errors in setup_dev.py test cells (proper indentation)
- Add comprehensive test suite for setup module (test_setup.py)
- Test coverage: functions, SystemInfo class, integration tests
- Custom test runner (no pytest dependency required)
- All 9 tests pass successfully
- Update .gitignore to allow modules/ directory for educational structure
