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Adrian WälchliandJirka Borovec 1f2da71069 Improved docs for callbacks (#1370)
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Co-Authored-By: Jirka Borovec <Borda@users.noreply.github.com>

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.. role:: hidden
:class: hidden-section
.. _callbacks:
Callbacks
=========
Lightning has a callback system to execute arbitrary code. Callbacks should capture NON-ESSENTIAL
logic that is NOT required for your :class:`~pytorch_lightning.core.LightningModule` to run.
An overall Lightning system should have:
1. Trainer for all engineering
2. LightningModule for all research code.
3. Callbacks for non-essential code.
Example:
.. doctest::
>>> import pytorch_lightning as pl
>>> class MyPrintingCallback(pl.Callback):
...
... def on_init_start(self, trainer):
... print('Starting to init trainer!')
...
... def on_init_end(self, trainer):
... print('trainer is init now')
...
... def on_train_end(self, trainer, pl_module):
... print('do something when training ends')
...
>>> trainer = pl.Trainer(callbacks=[MyPrintingCallback()])
Starting to init trainer!
trainer is init now
We successfully extended functionality without polluting our super clean
:class:`~pytorch_lightning.core.LightningModule` research code.
---------
.. automodule:: pytorch_lightning.callbacks.base
:noindex:
:exclude-members:
_del_model,
_save_model,
_abc_impl,
check_monitor_top_k,
---------
.. automodule:: pytorch_lightning.callbacks.early_stopping
:noindex:
:exclude-members:
_del_model,
_save_model,
_abc_impl,
check_monitor_top_k,
---------
.. automodule:: pytorch_lightning.callbacks.model_checkpoint
:noindex:
:exclude-members:
_del_model,
_save_model,
_abc_impl,
check_monitor_top_k,
---------
.. automodule:: pytorch_lightning.callbacks.gradient_accumulation_scheduler
:noindex:
:exclude-members:
_del_model,
_save_model,
_abc_impl,
check_monitor_top_k,