Ollama Crash Course: Build Local LLM powered Apps

In this book, we take you on a fun, hands-on and pragmatic journey to learning Ollama. You'll start building your first Ollama app within minutes. Every chapter is written in a bite-sized manner and straight to the point as I don't want to waste your time (and most certainly mine) on the content you don't need.

In the course of this book, we will cover:

• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Ollama Setup
• Chapter 3 - How to Run Different Ollama Models Locally
• Chapter 4 - Customizing Models with the Modelfile
• Chapter 5 - Ollama REST API
• Chapter 6 - Interact with Ollama Models with Msty - UI-Based Tool for RAG
• Chapter 7 - Introduction to Python Library for Building LLM Applications Locally
• Chapter 8 - Build a Real-World Use Case Application - Introduction
• Chapter 9 - Overview of RAG Systems with Ollama and Langchain Crash Course
• Chapter 10 - Uploading Custom Documents
• Chapter 11 - Loading Different File Types

The goal of this book is to teach you Ollama in a manageable way without overwhelming you. We focus only on the essentials and cover the material in a hands-on practice manner for you to code along.

Working Through This Book

This book is purposely broken down into short chapters where the development process of each chapter will center on different essential topics. The book takes a practical hands on approach to learning through practice. You learn best when you code along with the examples in the book.