Mastering Python: Roadmap to Proficiency
1. Python Fundamentals
• Syntax, keywords, and indentation
• Variables, constants, and data types
• Operators and expressions
• Input and output
• Type conversion and casting
Exercise
Refactor a long function into multiple smaller functions following clean code practices.
2. Control Flow
• Conditional statements (if, elif, else)
• Loops (for, while)
• Break, continue, pass
• List comprehensions with conditions
3. Data Structures
• Lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries
• Indexing and slicing
• Nested data structures
• Iterating through collections
• Built-in methods
4. Functions and Modules
• Defining and calling functions
• Arguments and return values
• Lambda functions
• Variable scope
• Importing and creating modules
• Built-in modules (math, datetime, etc.)
5. Object-Oriented Programming
• Classes and objects
• Attributes and methods
• Inheritance and polymorphism
• Encapsulation and abstraction
• Magic methods (dunder methods)
6. Error Handling and Exceptions
• Types of errors
• Try, except, finally
• Raising exceptions
• Custom exceptions
7. File Handling
• Reading and writing files
• Working with text and binary files
• Using context managers (with statement)
• CSV and JSON file handling
8. Advanced Python Concepts
• Decorators
• Generators and iterators
• Context managers
• Closures
• Type hinting and annotations
9. Python Libraries & Tools
• NumPy (numerical computing)
• Pandas (data manipulation)
• Matplotlib (data visualization)
• Requests (HTTP requests)
• OS and Sys modules
• Regular Expressions (re module)
10. Concurrency and Parallelism
• Multithreading
• Multiprocessing
• Asyncio (asynchronous programming)
11. Testing and Debugging
• Using print and logging
• Assertions
• unittest framework
• pytest basics
12. Best Practices and Design Patterns
• PEP 8 guidelines
• Code organization and modularization
• Common design patterns in Python (Singleton, Factory, etc.)
