Backend Developer Roadmap – Python
Path (Free & Step-by-Step)
This roadmap is designed to take you from zero to professional backend developer using
Python. All resources are free and beginner-friendly. Estimated completion time: 3 months
(flexible).
Stage 1: Foundations (Weeks 1–3)
🎯 Goal: Learn basic Python and understand how the web works.
✅ Week 1: Learn Python Basics
📚 Course: freeCodeCamp – Python for Beginners (4h)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfscVS0vtbw
Topics:
- Variables, data types
- If/else, loops (for/while)
- Functions, lists, dictionaries
Practice: https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_exercises.asp
Task: Write a program that takes a list of numbers and returns only the even ones.
✅ Week 2: Deepen Python Knowledge
📚 Course: Intermediate Python Tutorial – freeCodeCamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGOBQPFzWKo
Topics:
- File handling
- Functions with parameters & return
- Error handling (try/except)
- Importing modules
Task: Write a program that reads a `.txt` file and counts how many times each word
appears.
✅ Week 3: Understand Web Basics
📖 Article: How the Web Works – MDN
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/
How_the_Web_works
🎥 Bonus Video: HTTP Explained Simply (10 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYM2zFP3Zn0
Topics:
- What is a server?
- What is HTTP, GET, POST?
- What is an API?
Task: Write 3–5 sentences in your own words explaining how a browser gets a website
from a server.
Stage 2: Web Development with Flask (Weeks 4–6)
🎯 Goal: Build your first Python web apps.
✅ Week 4: Learn Flask Basics
📚 Course: Flask Crash Course – freeCodeCamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1RJmh_OqeA
Topics:
- Routing (@app.route)
- Templates (HTML in Flask)
- Forms and user input
Project: Build a quote generator website (user enters a name, you greet them).
✅ Week 5: Build a CRUD App
📚 Guide: Flask CRUD with SQLite
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/how-to-make-crud-in-flask/
Topics:
- Flask + SQLite
- Creating, reading, editing, deleting data
- Jinja2 templates
Project: Task manager with title, description, and status (done/not done).
✅ Week 6: Git + GitHub + Deployment
🎥 Git Course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGOj5yH7evk
🎥 Deployment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DI_7Zja8Zc
Task:
- Push your task manager project to GitHub
- Deploy it online using Render or Railway (free)
📌 Coming Next: Stage 3 – Advanced Backend Topics
Once you've completed this plan, you'll be ready to:
- Add user authentication with Flask and JWT
- Build REST APIs
- Learn testing and version control
- Work with cloud databases (MongoDB Atlas)
- Build bigger projects and apply for internships