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Python Weekend Plan

This document outlines a weekend learning plan for aspiring data engineers to build a solid foundation in Python. It includes a structured schedule covering core Python concepts, data processing with pandas, and integration with SQL, along with practical exercises. The plan also suggests tools to install and further learning opportunities post-weekend to enhance data engineering skills.

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Python Weekend Plan

This document outlines a weekend learning plan for aspiring data engineers to build a solid foundation in Python. It includes a structured schedule covering core Python concepts, data processing with pandas, and integration with SQL, along with practical exercises. The plan also suggests tools to install and further learning opportunities post-weekend to enhance data engineering skills.

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Weekend Python Learning Plan for Aspiring Data

Engineers
Goal
Build a solid foundation in Python for data engineering by the end of the weekend. This plan assumes prior
programming knowledge (e.g., Java).

Day 1: Core Python & Scripting Essentials

Morning: Python Basics

• Variables and data types


• Lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries
• Loops: for, while
• Conditionals: if, elif, else
• Functions, args and *kwargs

Practice: - Write a function to parse a CSV file and return rows as dictionaries.

Afternoon: File Handling, Strings, Exceptions

• Reading and writing files using open , with


• String manipulation methods
• Exception handling with try/except

Practice: - Write a script to read a log file and extract lines containing "ERROR".

Evening: Modules, Comprehensions, Basic OOP

• Importing and using modules


• List and dictionary comprehensions
• Writing simple classes and objects

Practice: - Create a Customer class with methods to load and print customer details.

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Day 2: Data Engineering Tools & Project

Morning: pandas and Data Processing

• Introduction to pandas
• Loading data from CSV and JSON
• Filtering, selecting, sorting, aggregating
• Handling missing values, merging DataFrames

Practice: - Load a CSV, clean the data, and write it to a new CSV file.

Afternoon: Python + SQL

• Using sqlite3 or sqlalchemy to connect to a database


• Querying data and loading it into pandas
• Writing data back to the database or file

Practice: - Read data from a database, process in pandas, and save results.

Evening: Mini Project

Log Processor App: - Ingest a CSV or log file - Apply custom filtering logic - Save the cleaned data to SQLite
or a new CSV - Print or email a summary report

Tools to Install
• Python 3.10+
• VS Code with Python extension
• Jupyter (optional)
• pandas , openpyxl , sqlalchemy , sqlite3

After the Weekend


• Learn Airflow for workflow orchestration
• Explore PySpark for big data processing
• Get familiar with AWS Glue, Lambda, and S3
• Practice with Docker, Git, and logging libraries

With this foundation, you'll be ready to tackle real data engineering projects and build ETL pipelines.

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