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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)
  • Course
    • Educative - Grokking the System Design Interview (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)
    • Python Concurrency with asyncio (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)
    • FastAPI Utilities 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)
    • REST APIs with Flask and Python by Jose Salvatierra (English) (Paid)
  • 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

• General

  • Book
    • Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement (English) (Paid)

• PostgreSQL

  • Video

    • Database concepts by Alireza Morteza Amini (Persian) (Free)
    • PostgreSQL Tutorial by Alireza Ayinmehr (Persian) (Free)

  • Website

    • PostgreSQL Tutorial (English) (Free)

Clean Code

• Book
  • Clean Code in Python by Mariano Anaya (English) (Free)

Caching

(In Progress)

Testing

(In Progress)

Container Platforms

• Docker

  • Book
    • Docker in Action, Second Edition (English) (Paid)
    • Docker Deep Dive: Zero to Docker in a single book (English) (Paid)
  • Video
    • Docker Tutorial by Mehran Tarif (Persian) (Free)
    • Docker Tutorial by Ahmad Rafiee (Persian) (Free)
    • Docker Course by Jadi (Persian) (Free)

• Kubernetes

  • Video
    • "Just me and Opensource" YouTube channel (English) (Free)
  • Book
    • Kubernetes: Up and Running, 2nd Edition (English) (Paid)
    • Kubernetes in Action, Second Edition (English) (Paid)

Programming Paradigms

(In Progress)

Architectural Patterns

• Book
  • Microservice Architecture (English) (Paid)

Design Principles

(In Progress)

Design Patterns

• Book
  • Head First Design Patterns: Building Extensible and Maintainable Object-Oriented Software (English) (Paid)
  • Django Design Patterns and Best Practices (by Arun Ravindran) (English) (Paid)
  • Dive Into Design Patterns by Alexander Shvets (English) (Paid)

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)