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Training a model in Gluon requires users to write the training loop, this is useful because of its imperative nature, however repeating the same code across multiple models can become tedious and repetitive with boilerplate code. The training loop can also be overwhelming to some users new to deep learning.
Users have asked for a simple Fit API, similar to APIs available in SKLearn and Keras (example forum ask) as a way to simplify model training and reduce boilerplate code and complexity.

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Currently in Gluon because of its imperative style of programming, users write the entire training loop which requires multiple steps. To see a code example, see appendix A.
Writing the custom loop involves:

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For customizing a specific part of pre-defined estimator, we need to re-create a new estimator with the customized module and then use it.
https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-extend-a-canned-tensorflow-estimator-to-add-more-evaluation-metrics-and-to-pass-through-ddf66cd3047d

Custom-estimators examples:

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Keras fit API is implemented using Callback (custom object) which exposes methods to be called at
(i) beginning of training
(ii) end of training
(iii) beginning of epoch
(iv) end of epoch
(v) batch_begin
(vi) batch_end
It has a list of default implementation of callbacks like History, BaseLogger, CSVLogger, ModelCheckpoint, EarlyStopping, LRScheduler, Tensorboard. It also has an option of customizable callback which user may define as required.