Python Programming Topics (Beginner to Advanced)
Beginner Level (Foundations)
1. Introduction to Python
- Installing Python, IDEs (VS Code, PyCharm)
- Python syntax & indentation
- Writing your first script
2. Data Types & Variables
- Numbers (int, float)
- Strings
- Booleans
- Type casting
- type() function
3. Operators
- Arithmetic: + - * / // % **
- Comparison: == != > < >= <=
- Logical: and, or, not
- Assignment: = += -=
- Membership: in, not in
4. Control Flow
- if, elif, else
- for and while loops
- break, continue, pass
5. Functions
- Defining and calling functions
- Parameters and return values
- *args, **kwargs
- Scope (local/global)
6. Data Structures
- Lists
- Tuples
- Sets
- Dictionaries
- List/dict comprehension
7. String Handling
- String methods (.split(), .join(), .replace())
- f-strings, string formatting
- Slicing and indexing
Intermediate Level
8. Modules & Packages
- Importing built-in modules (math, random, datetime)
- Creating your own modules
- pip and installing external packages
9. File Handling
- Reading/writing files (open(), .read(), .write())
- Working with CSV, JSON
10. Error Handling (Exceptions)
- try, except, finally
- Custom exceptions
11. Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
- Classes & objects
- __init__() method
- Inheritance, Encapsulation, Polymorphism
- Magic methods (__str__, __len__, etc.)
12. Lambda, Map, Filter, Reduce
- Anonymous functions
- Functional-style coding
13. Iterators & Generators
- __iter__(), __next__()
- yield keyword
14. Decorators
- Function decorators
- @property, @classmethod, @staticmethod
15. Regular Expressions (re module)
Advanced Level
16. Advanced Data Structures
- Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees (via lists or OOP)
17. Multithreading & Multiprocessing
18. Working with Databases
- sqlite3
- SQL basics
- ORM (like SQLAlchemy)
19. APIs
- Consuming APIs using requests
- Parsing JSON responses
- Building APIs (with Flask or FastAPI)
20. Web Development (Basics)
- Flask / Django
- HTML templates, forms, routes
21. Unit Testing
- unittest or pytest
22. Virtual Environments
- venv, virtualenv, pipenv
23. Pythonic Code & Best Practices
- PEP8
- Writing clean, readable, efficient code
Optional: Specialized Areas
- Data Science / Machine Learning: NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn
- Automation / Scripting: os, shutil, subprocess, pyautogui
- Web Scraping: BeautifulSoup, Selenium, Scrapy
- Game Dev: pygame
- Desktop Apps: Tkinter, PyQt
- Cybersecurity / Hacking: socket, scapy, nmap, etc.