Creating a 30-day roadmap for learning Python for data analytics involves breaking down the key
concepts and skills into manageable daily goals. Here's a structured plan to guide you through the
process:
### Week 1: Introduction to Python and Basic Programming Concepts
**Day 1: Introduction to Python**
- Install Python and set up your development environment (Jupyter Notebook, VS Code, etc.)
- Learn about Python syntax, variables, and data types
**Day 2: Control Flow**
- Conditional statements (if, else, elif)
- Loops (for, while)
**Day 3: Functions**
- Defining and calling functions
- Parameters and return values
- Scope and lifetime of variables
**Day 4: Data Structures: Lists**
- Creating and accessing lists
- List methods and operations
- List comprehensions
**Day 5: Data Structures: Tuples and Sets**
- Creating and using tuples
- Creating and using sets
- Set operations
**Day 6: Data Structures: Dictionaries**
- Creating and accessing dictionaries
- Dictionary methods and operations
- Iterating through dictionaries
**Day 7: File Handling**
- Reading from and writing to files
- Working with different file formats (text, CSV)
### Week 2: Intermediate Python and Libraries for Data Analytics
**Day 8: Modules and Packages**
- Importing modules and using standard libraries
- Installing and using external packages (pip)
**Day 9: Introduction to NumPy**
- NumPy arrays and basic operations
- Indexing, slicing, and reshaping arrays
**Day 10: Advanced NumPy**
- Statistical operations with NumPy
- Broadcasting and vectorized operations
**Day 11: Introduction to Pandas**
- Pandas Series and DataFrames
- Loading data into Pandas (CSV, Excel, etc.)
**Day 12: Data Manipulation with Pandas**
- Data cleaning and preprocessing
- Filtering, sorting, and grouping data
**Day 13: Advanced Pandas**
- Merging and joining DataFrames
- Pivot tables and cross-tabulations
**Day 14: Data Visualization with Matplotlib**
- Basic plotting with Matplotlib
- Customizing plots (titles, labels, legends)
### Week 3: Advanced Data Analytics Techniques
**Day 15: Data Visualization with Seaborn**
- Advanced plotting with Seaborn
- Creating complex visualizations (heatmaps, pair plots)
**Day 16: Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)**
- Descriptive statistics
- Identifying trends and patterns in data
**Day 17: Data Cleaning and Preparation**
- Handling missing values
- Data normalization and standardization
**Day 18: Introduction to SQL**
- Basic SQL queries
- Integrating SQL with Python (sqlite3, SQLAlchemy)
**Day 19: Web Scraping with BeautifulSoup**
- Basics of web scraping
- Extracting data from HTML pages
**Day 20: APIs and Data Extraction**
- Understanding APIs
- Making API requests and handling JSON data
**Day 21: Time Series Analysis**
- Working with datetime objects
- Basic time series analysis and visualization
### Week 4: Applied Data Analytics and Projects
**Day 22: Machine Learning Basics**
- Introduction to Scikit-Learn
- Simple linear regression
**Day 23: Machine Learning: Classification**
- Logistic regression
- Evaluating classification models
**Day 24: Machine Learning: Clustering**
- K-means clustering
- Evaluating clustering models
**Day 25: Machine Learning: Advanced Techniques**
- Decision trees and random forests
- Hyperparameter tuning
**Day 26: Natural Language Processing (NLP)**
- Basics of NLP with Python (nltk, spaCy)
- Text preprocessing and analysis
**Day 27: Working on a Mini Project**
- Choose a dataset
- Define the problem and apply data analytics techniques
**Day 28: Building a Dashboard**
- Introduction to dashboarding tools (Dash, Streamlit)
- Creating an interactive dashboard
**Day 29: Review and Refine Your Project**
- Review the code and results
- Refine and improve your analysis
**Day 30: Presentation and Next Steps**
- Present your project (write a report or create a presentation)
- Plan your next steps in learning data analytics (advanced topics, more projects)
This roadmap provides a structured way to learn and apply Python for data analytics. Each day's goal
is designed to build upon the previous one, ensuring a comprehensive understanding by the end of
the 30 days.
