progress.md

Python Learning Path - Progress Checklist

This file tracks the progress of my journey to master Python, from fundamentals to advanced algorithms and real-world projects.

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🧱 Phase 1 – Python Basics

• Variables and types
• Input/Output
• Conditionals and loops

🧱 Phase 2 – Functions & Intermediate Concepts

• Functions (basics, scope, *args, **kwargs)
• Lambdas and recursion
• File handling (open, read/write, CSV/JSON)
• Exceptions (try/except/finally)

🧱 Phase 3 – Data Structures

• Lists
• Tuples
• Dicts
• Sets
• Custom structures: Linked lists, Stack, Queue
• Hash table, Heap, Trie

🧱 Phase 4 – Algorithms

• Sorting (Bubble, Merge, Quick...)
• Searching (Linear, Binary)
• Recursion & Backtracking
• Sliding Window, Two Pointers
• Graphs: DFS, BFS, Union-Find, Dijkstra
• Divide & Conquer, Greedy
• Dynamic Programming (Knapsack, LCS, LIS)

🧱 Phase 5 – Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)

• Classes and objects
• Inheritance, polymorphism
• Encapsulation and abstraction
• Special methods (str, repr...)

🧱 Phase 6 – Advanced Python

• Decorators & Generators
• [-] Comprehensions (list, dict, set)
• Functional programming (map/filter/reduce)
• Standard libraries (os, sys, datetime, math...)

🧱 Phase 7 – Bitwise & Math

• Bit manipulation basics
• Math tricks (GCD, modulo, primes...)

🛠️ Mini-Projects (one per phase)

• Calculator (Basics)
• Hangman Game (Functions & I/O)
• CSV Contact Manager (Files & Dicts)
• Sorting Benchmark App (Algorithms)
• Labyrinth Solver (Graphs/Backtracking)
• Password Generator (Intermediate)