📅 Week 1: Python Basics & Data Structures
Goal: Learn Python syntax, data structures, and basic file I/O.
Day 1: Python setup (Anaconda, Jupyter, VS Code), variables, data types.
Day 2: Loops (for, while), conditionals (if-else).
Day 3: Lists, tuples, dictionaries, sets.
Day 4: Functions, lambda expressions, error handling (try-except).
Day 5: File I/O (reading/writing CSV, JSON).
Day 6: Mini-project: Clean and analyze a CSV dataset (e.g., sales data).
Day 7: Review + practice on HackerRank Python.
Resources:
Python for Beginners (Microsoft)
W3Schools Python
📅 Week 2: Data Manipulation with Pandas & NumPy
Goal: Master Pandas for data cleaning and analysis.
Day 8: Pandas basics (DataFrame, Series, read_csv).
Day 9: Filtering, sorting, and aggregations (groupby, pivot_table).
Day 10: Handling missing data (dropna, fillna).
Day 11: Merging DataFrames (concat, merge, join).
Day 12: DateTime operations (pd.to_datetime, [Link]).
Day 13: Practice: Analyze a dataset (e.g., COVID-19, stock prices).
Day 14: NumPy basics (arrays, reshape, broadcasting).
Datasets:
Pandas Exercises
Kaggle Datasets
📅 Week 3: Data Visualization & EDA
Goal: Visualize data and perform exploratory analysis.
Day 15: Matplotlib basics (plot, bar, histogram).
Day 16: Seaborn (distplot, heatmap, pairplot).
Day 17: Plotly for interactive plots.
Day 18: EDA techniques (summary stats, outliers, correlations).
Day 19: Mini-project: Exploratory analysis on Titanic dataset.
Day 20: Geospatial visualization (folium, geopandas).
Day 21: Dashboarding with Dash/Streamlit (Bonus).
Libraries:
matplotlib, seaborn, plotly, folium, streamlit
📅 Week 4: SQL + Python Integration
Goal: Connect Python to databases and automate queries.
Day 22: SQL refresher (Week 2 SQL plan).
Day 23: sqlite3 for local databases.
Day 24: SQLAlchemy ORM for PostgreSQL/MySQL.
Day 25: Pandas + SQL (pd.read_sql, to_sql).
Day 26: ETL Pipeline: Extract data → Transform → Load to DB.
Day 27: Practice: Build a sales reporting system.
Day 28: Automate SQL queries with Python (cron, Airflow intro).
Tools:
PostgreSQL, SQLite, psycopg2, SQLAlchemy
📅 Week 5: APIs, Web Scraping & Automation
Goal: Extract data from APIs and websites.
Day 29: REST APIs (requests, json).
Day 30: Web scraping with BeautifulSoup.
Day 31: Scrapy (advanced scraping).
Day 32: Project: Scrape job listings → store in DB.
Day 33: Automate workflows (schedule, cron).
Day 34: Mini-project: API + Pandas (e.g., Twitter, Alpha Vantage).
Day 35: Error handling & logging.
APIs to Try:
OpenWeatherMap
GitHub API
📅 Week 6: Advanced Topics (ETL, Cloud, Big Data)
Goal: Learn production-grade data engineering.
Day 36: PySpark basics (SparkSession, DataFrames).
Day 37: AWS/GCP integration (boto3, BigQuery).
Day 38: Docker for Python apps (Dockerfile).
Day 39: Airflow for workflow orchestration (intro).
Day 40: Project: Build an end-to-end ETL pipeline.
Day 41: Portfolio Project: Full analytics dashboard (Python + SQL + BI).
Day 42: Optimize Python code (multiprocessing, Cython).
Tools:
Apache Airflow, Docker, PySpark, AWS S3
📅 Week 7: Real-World Projects & Deployment
Goal: Deploy projects and prepare for jobs.
Day 43-45: Capstone Project:
o Option 1: Stock Market Analyzer (API + Pandas + Plotly).
o Option 2: ETL Pipeline for Social Media Data.
Day 46-47: Deploy a Streamlit/Dash app on Heroku.
Day 48-49: GitHub portfolio + LinkedIn showcase.
Day 50: Mock interviews & resume prep.
🎯 Bonus Tips:
✅ Daily Practice:
LeetCode Python
StrataScratch (SQL + Python)
✅ Certifications:
Google Data Analytics Certificate
AWS Data Analytics Specialty
✅ Portfolio Ideas:
Automated data scraper + dashboard.
Predictive model (sales/churn analysis).
By following this plan, you’ll master Python for Data Analytics & Engineering in ~7 weeks! 🚀
Need project code samples or dataset recommendations? Let me know! 😊