10-Day Advanced Python Learning Plan
Day 1: Advanced Python Fundamentals
- List, Dict, Set comprehensions
- Generators & Iterators
- Decorators & Closures
- Context Managers (with statement)
- Memory Management & Garbage Collection
Exercise:
- Implement a custom iterator
- Write a generator for infinite Fibonacci numbers
- Create a decorator that logs function execution time
Day 2: Deep Dive into OOP
- Classes & Objects (Best Practices)
- Abstract Base Classes (abc module)
- Operator Overloading (__add__, __getitem__)
- Multiple Inheritance & MRO
Exercise:
- Design a class for a bank account with deposit/withdraw methods
- Implement a class hierarchy using multiple inheritance
Day 3: Functional Programming
- map(), filter(), reduce()
- functools (lru_cache, partial)
- Immutability (dataclass, namedtuple)
Exercise:
- Implement a function to cache API responses using lru_cache
- Convert a recursive Fibonacci function into a lambda function
Day 4: Concurrency & Parallelism
- threading vs multiprocessing
- asyncio for asynchronous programming
- Understanding GIL
Exercise:
- Implement a script that downloads multiple URLs asynchronously
- Use multiprocessing to speed up a computation-heavy task
Day 5: Data Science & Machine Learning
- numpy, pandas basics
- Data visualization (matplotlib, seaborn)
- Quantile Regression with scikit-learn
Exercise:
- Load and analyze a dataset using pandas
- Plot a data distribution graph using seaborn
Day 6: System Programming & Automation
- File Handling (open(), pathlib, shutil)
- Environment Variables (os.environ)
- subprocess for process management
Exercise:
- Write a script that automates file backup
- Create a Python script to interact with system processes
Day 7: Web Scraping & APIs
- requests, BeautifulSoup, Scrapy
- Working with REST APIs (requests, json)
Exercise:
- Scrape data from a website
- Create an API client for a public dataset
Day 8: Writing Clean Code & Optimization
- PEP8 Best Practices
- Profiling (cProfile, timeit, memory_profiler)
- Type Hinting (typing, mypy)
Exercise:
- Optimize a slow function and measure performance improvement
- Refactor a complex function using better practices
Day 9: Testing & Debugging
- unittest and pytest
- Mocking & Patching (unittest.mock)
- Debugging Techniques (pdb)
Exercise:
- Write test cases for a Python module
- Debug a failing function using pdb
Day 10: Design Patterns & Real-World Applications
- Factory, Singleton, and Observer Patterns
- Python Best Practices for Large-Scale Projects
Exercise:
- Implement a Factory Pattern in Python
- Review and optimize a Python project