alireza-danaee/python-backend-roadmap

Python Backend Engineer Roadmap

Python Backend Engineer Roadmap

Step 0: Prerequisites

• Algorithms & Data Structures

  • Book
    • Grokking Algorithms by Aditya Bhargava (English) (Paid)
    • Cracking the Coding Interview by Gayle Laakmann McDowell (English) (Paid)
  • Platform
    • LeetCode (English)
    • HackerRank (English)
    • CodeWars (English)
    • TheAlgorithms (English)
    • Codeforces (English)
    • Quera (Persian)

• System Design

  • Book
    • System Design Interview by Alex Xu (English) (Paid)
    • System Design Interview: Volume 2 by Alex Xu & Sahn Lam (English) (Paid)

• Git

  • Video
    • Git Course by Jadi (Persian) (Free)
  • Book
    • Pro Git (English) (Free)

Step 1: Python

• Beginner

  • Book
    • Python Crash Course by Eric Matthes (English) (Paid)
    • Head First Python by Paul Barry (English) (Paid)
    • Learn Python the Hard Way by Zed Shaw (English) (Paid)

• Intermediate

  • Book
    • Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python Best Practices for Writing Clean Code by Sweigart, Al (English) (Paid)
    • Fluent Python by Luciano Ramalho (English) (Paid)
    • Effective Python by Brett Slatkin (English) (Paid)
    • Python Cookbook by David Beazley & Brian Jones (English) (Paid)

• Advanced

  • Book

    • Architecture Patterns with Python by Harry Percival & Bob Gregory (English) (Paid)
    • Practices of the Python Pro by Dane Hillard (English) (Paid)
    • Python Testing with pytest by Brian Okken (English) (Paid)
    • Python Tricks by Dan Bader (English) (Paid)
    • Python Tricks by BobyCloud & DevMoein (Persian) (Paid)

Step 2: Python Web Frameworks

Choose a library according to your project requirements and do not get confused between multiple frameworks.

• Django

  • Book
    • Django for Beginners by William S. Vincent (English) (Paid)
    • Django for APIs by William S. Vincent (English) (Paid)
    • Django for APIs by ftg-iran (Persian) (Free)
    • Django for Professionals by William S. Vincent (English) (Paid)
    • Django for Professionals by ftg-iran (Persian) (Free)
    • Test-Driven Development with Python: Obey the Testing Goat: Using Django, Selenium, and JavaScript by Harry Percival (English) (Free)
    • Django Practical Book by Alireza Azimzadeh (Persian) (Paid)
  • Video
    • Django Web Framework - Full Course for Beginners by Justin Mitchel (English) (Free)
    • Django For Everybody - Full Course by Dr. Charles Severance (English) (Free)
    • Django From Beginner To Advanced by Mehran Tarif (Persian) (Free)
    • Django All In One Course by BobyCloud (Persian) (Free)
    • Django Celery Course by Shahriar Shariati (Persian) (Free)
    • Django Channels Course by Shahriar Shariati (Persian) (Free)
    • Django Super Course by Shahrokh Kiumarsy (Persian) (Free)

• FastAPI

  • Documentation
    • FastAPI documentation (English) (Free)
  • List of awesome things
    • FastAPI awesome things (English) (Free)
  • Video
    • Python API Development - Comprehensive Course for Beginners by Sanjeev Thiyagarajan (English) (Free)
    • FastAPI course by testdriven.io & talkpython.fm (English) (Paid)
    • Free FastAPI course by Mohammad Javad Fadakar (Persian) (Free)
  • Project Generator
    • Full-Stack FastAPI PostgresSQL project generator (English) (Free)

• Flask

  • Book
    • Flask Web Development: Developing Web Applications with Python (English) (Paid)
    • Flask Framework Cookbook (English) (Paid)
  • Video
    • Flask Tutorial by Alireza Ayinmehr (Persian) (Free)
  • Document
    • Flask Document (English) (Free)

• Sanic

• AIOHTTP

• Bottle

• Dash

• List Of All Python Backend Web Frameworks

Step 3: Operating System

• Book

  • LPIC-1: Linux Professional Institute Certification Study Guide: Exams 101 and 102 by Roderick W. Smith (English) (Paid)

• Video

  • Lpic-1 Course by Jadi (English) (Free)
  • Lpic-1 Course by Jadi (Persian) (Free)
  • Linux Course by Morteza Bashsiz (Persian) (Free)

Hands-on Experience

🎉 Congrats!
👋 You have passed steps 1, 2, and 3, Now, Let's get your hands dirty!
⚠️ The following topics don't have any order or priority of learning.
✅ Choose topics that you are interested in or suit your needs.

Databases

• Video
  • PosgresSQL Course by Amigoscode (English) (Free)
  • PostgreSQL Tutorial by Alireza Ayinmehr (Persian) (Free)

Caching

(In Progress)

Testing

(In Progress)

Container Platforms

(In Progress)

Programming Paradigms

(In Progress)

Architectural Patterns

(In Progress)

Design Principles

(In Progress)

Design Patterns

(In Progress)

Message Brokers

(In Progress)

Web Servers

• Nginx

  • Book
    • NGINX Cookbook (English) (Free)

• Apache

  • Book
    • Apache Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for Apache Administrators (English) (Paid)

Availability & Reliability

(In Progress)

Distributed Systems

(In Progress)

Reactive Systems

(In Progress)

Security

• OWASP Top 10 (English) (Free)

Where to Go Next?

(In Progress)

Who to Follow Then?

(In Progress)

Contribution

Feel free to contribute and add more resources.

First time contributing to a repository? For more information about the steps and guides, check out this repository. (Also available in Persian)