Advanced Python for Senior Software Engineers

By Rustam-Z 🚀 | 31 May 2022

L3 Skill Set

• Advanced Python.Core and Python.OOP
• Python clean code
• SOLID Principles
• Design Patterns
• Parallel programming and concurrency
• Fancy data types: dataclasses, collections, typing
• Must know libraries: logging, argparse, pathlib, os, sys, requests, itertools, json, yaml, csv
• Testing: PyTest, unittest
• *Web UI Automation: Selenium
• *Cloud SDK: AWS Boto3

Python Resources

GitHub

• senior
• awesome-interview-questions
• break-the-ice-with-python

Readings

• Python.OOP 8 tips
• realpython.com
• easy, https://dabeaz-course.github.io/practical-python/Notes/Contents.html
• medium, https://medium.com/techtofreedom/python/home
• medium, https://book.pythontips.com
• medium, https://pythontutorial.net
• medium, https://docs.python-guide.org
• advanced, https://thedigitalcatonline.com
• advanced, https://python-3-patterns-idioms-test.readthedocs.io

Python Clean Code

• GitHub: Python clean code
• PEP 8
• testdriven.io: Clean code in Python
• LinkedIn: Clean coding practices
• LinkedIn: Advanced Python

SOLID & Design Patterns

• SOLID
• Desing Patterns

Parallel programming

• https://realpython.com/learning-paths/python-concurrency-parallel-programming
• https://www.linkedin.com/learning/python-parallel-and-concurrent-programming-part-1
• https://www.linkedin.com/learning/python-parallel-and-concurrent-programming-part-2

Testing

• “Python testing with PyTest”
• “Python testing with Selenium”
• “TDD in Python”
• “Python Unit Test Automation“

Books

• "Python basics"
• "Python tricks"
• "Clean Python"
• “Practices of the Python Pro”
• “Python Workout”
• “Effective Python”
• "Fluent Python"
• "Learning Python”
• "Python Cookbook"
• "Advanced Guide to Python 3"
• "Mastering Object-Oriented Python"
• “The Python workshop” 2019
• “Expert Python Programming” 2021

YouTube

• https://youtube.com/c/mCodingWithJamesMurphy
• https://youtube.com/c/ArjanCodes
• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlb7e2G7aSpQhNphPSpcO4daaRPeVstku Yandex
• https://www.youtube.com/c/IndianPythonista/playlists YouTube, regEx, Web, AWS
• https://youtube.com/user/zaemiel in Russian
• Corey Scafer

EngX by EPAM

• EngX
• Clean Code
• Clean Design