Here's a structured Python learning plan from beginner to expert level, including Django:
Beginner Level (Weeks 1-4)
Week 1: Python Basics
Day 1-2: Introduction to Python, Installing Python, Setting up an IDE.
Day 3-4: Variables, Data Types (int, float, string, boolean).
Day 5: Basic Operations and Input/Output.
Weekend Practice: Write a program to take input from users and perform basic operations
(sum, average).
Week 2: Control Flow, Loops, and Functions
Day 1-2: Conditional Statements (if, else, elif).
Day 3-4: Loops (for, while), break, continue.
Day 5: Functions - definitions, parameters, return values.
Weekend Practice: Write a simple calculator and a guessing game.
Week 3: Data Structures
Day 1-2: Lists, Tuples, and their operations (indexing, slicing).
Day 3-4: Dictionaries, Sets, and their operations.
Day 5: Nested data structures, List comprehensions.
Weekend Practice: Create a simple student information management system.
Week 4: File Handling and Error Handling
Day 1-2: Reading from and writing to files.
Day 3-4: Exception handling (try-except), understanding common errors.
Day 5: Basic project: Write a program to store and retrieve contact information.
Weekend Practice: Work on a mini-project involving file I/O and data processing.
Intermediate Level (Weeks 5-8)
Week 5: Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Day 1-2: Classes, Objects, and Methods.
Day 3-4: Constructors, Attributes, and Inheritance.
Day 5: Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Abstraction.
Weekend Practice: Implement a simple OOP-based inventory management system.
Week 6: Modules, Packages, and Libraries
Day 1-2: Standard Library Modules (math, datetime, os).
Day 3-4: Creating custom modules and packages.
Day 5: Introduction to third-party libraries (requests, BeautifulSoup).
Weekend Practice: Write a program that scrapes data from a website.
Week 7: Advanced Data Structures and Algorithms
Day 1-2: Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists.
Day 3-4: Sorting and Searching Algorithms.
Day 5: Time complexity, basic analysis.
Weekend Practice: Implement a simple search engine for text files.
Week 8: Working with APIs and Databases
Day 1-2: Understanding and using APIs (HTTP requests).
Day 3-4: Introduction to SQLite, CRUD operations.
Day 5: Connecting Python with a database.
Weekend Practice: Build a program that fetches data from an API and stores it in a database.
Advanced Level (Weeks 9-12)
Week 9: Advanced Python Concepts
Day 1-2: Generators, Decorators.
Day 3-4: Context Managers, Iterators.
Day 5: Multithreading, Multiprocessing.
Weekend Practice: Write a program using decorators and context managers.
Week 10: Data Science with Python
Day 1-2: Introduction to NumPy.
Day 3-4: Introduction to Pandas, DataFrames.
Day 5: Data visualization using Matplotlib.
Weekend Practice: Analyze a dataset and visualize the results.
Week 11: Introduction to Django
Day 1-2: Installing Django, setting up a project.
Day 3-4: Django Models and Migrations.
Day 5: Views, URL routing, and Templates.
Weekend Practice: Build a simple blog with Django to create, read, update, delete (CRUD)
posts.
Week 12: Django Advanced Topics
Day 1-2: Forms, User Authentication.
Day 3-4: Django REST Framework (DRF) - Building APIs.
Day 5: Deployment of a Django Project.
Weekend Practice: Complete your blog by adding user authentication and deploy it to
Heroku.
Expert Level (Weeks 13-16)
Week 13: Django Advanced Features
Day 1-2: Custom User Models, Middleware.
Day 3-4: Django Signals, Celery for background tasks.
Day 5: Testing in Django.
Weekend Practice: Add background tasks and tests to your existing Django project.
Week 14: Web Scraping and Automation
Day 1-2: Advanced Web Scraping with Selenium.
Day 3-4: Automating tasks using Python (Selenium, Schedule).
Day 5: Create a script to automate data collection.
Weekend Practice: Automate the login and data retrieval of a website.
Week 15: Machine Learning Introduction
Day 1-2: Introduction to Machine Learning, using Scikit-Learn.
Day 3-4: Implementing basic algorithms (Linear Regression, K-Means).
Day 5: Model Evaluation, Training and Testing.
Weekend Practice: Create a basic ML model to predict house prices.
Week 16: Final Projects and Special Topics
Day 1-2: Advanced Django - Websockets, Channels.
Day 3-4: Full-stack project combining Django and a front-end framework (React or Vue).
Day 5: Final Project Presentation - Build a comprehensive web application using Django, REST
API, and ML model integration.
Weekend Practice: Work on the final touches of your project and deploy it.
This plan should guide you from beginner to expert level in Python and Django, ensuring a
comprehensive understanding of all essential concepts, along with hands-on practice.
