Python Programmer Roadmap: Basic to Advanced
1. Python Basics
- Installing Python & IDEs (VS Code, PyCharm, Jupyter)
- Hello World & Syntax
- Variables & Data Types
- Operators (Arithmetic, Logical, Bitwise)
- Input & Output
- Type Casting
- Comments
2. Control Flow
- Conditional Statements (if, elif, else)
- Loops (for, while)
- break, continue, pass
- Loop with else
3. Data Structures
- Strings (methods, formatting, slicing)
- Lists (methods, list comprehension)
- Tuples
- Sets
- Dictionaries
4. Functions
- Defining and Calling Functions
- Arguments & Return Values
- Default & Keyword Arguments
- *args and **kwargs
- Lambda Functions
- Recursion
- Scope & global keyword
5. Modules and Packages
- Importing Modules
- from ... import ...
- Creating & Using Custom Modules
- Using Built-in Modules (math, random, datetime, etc.)
- pip and Installing Packages
6. Exception Handling
- try, except, finally, else
- Handling Multiple Exceptions
- Raising Exceptions
- Custom Exceptions
7. File Handling
- Opening, Reading, Writing Files (.txt, .csv)
- with statement
- Working with file paths (os, shutil)
8. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Classes and Objects
- __init__ Constructor
- self keyword
- Inheritance
- Polymorphism
- Encapsulation
- Abstraction
- Magic Methods (__str__, __repr__, etc.)
9. Advanced Python Concepts
- Iterators & Generators
- Decorators
- Closures
- Context Managers
- Comprehensions (list, dict, set)
- enumerate, zip, map, filter, reduce
- args, kwargs in-depth
10. Regular Expressions
- re Module
- Searching, Matching, Replacing Patterns
11. Working with Libraries
- NumPy (arrays, math ops)
- Pandas (DataFrames, CSV, Excel, filtering)
- Matplotlib / Seaborn (data visualization)
- Requests (APIs and HTTP)
- JSON (parsing and creating)
- Datetime
12. Virtual Environment & Dependency Management
- venv, virtualenv
- requirements.txt
- pip freeze, pip install -r
13. Working with Databases
- SQLite with sqlite3
- MySQL / PostgreSQL with mysql-connector, psycopg2
- ORMs: SQLAlchemy
14. Web Development (Optional but Useful)
- Flask or Django
- REST APIs
- Routing, Templates, Forms
- Connecting with Databases
15. Testing and Debugging
- assert Statements
- unittest / pytest
- Logging with logging module
- Debugging with breakpoints or pdb
16. Concurrency & Multithreading
- threading, multiprocessing
- asyncio for async programming
17. Scripting & Automation
- Automating tasks with Python
- Web Scraping with BeautifulSoup, Selenium
- Working with Excel (openpyxl, pandas)
18. Python for Data Science (Optional)
- Jupyter Notebooks
- EDA (Exploratory Data Analysis)
- Model Building with scikit-learn
- Deep Learning with TensorFlow, PyTorch
19. Python for DevOps / System Admin
- Working with OS (os, subprocess)
- Network Scripting (socket)
- Task Automation
20. Packaging and Distribution
- Creating Python Packages
- setup.py
- Publishing to PyPI