Beyond Basics Python – Your ultimate advanced Python tutorial and Python coding exercises collection for intermediate developers. Master decorators, OOP, memory management, API handling, closures, iterators, and data structures with real-world examples, clean code, and production-ready patterns. Perfect Python learning path from basics to expert!
Perfect for:
- Python developers seeking intermediate Python to advanced Python skills
- Full-stack engineers mastering Python internals
- Data scientists & AI developers understanding Python performance
- Backend developers learning clean Python code practices
85%+ practical code | Real-world examples | Copy-paste ready | Beginner-to-Pro progression
git clone https://github.com/Wcoder547/beyond-basics-python.git
cd beyond-basics-python
pip install -r requirements.txt # requests, pymongo
python practise/main.py # Run exercises| Category | Key Skills | Files |
|---|---|---|
| Data Structures | Lists, Dicts, Sets, Tuples, Mutable vs Immutable | List, Dictionary, Set, Tuples |
| Control Flow | Loops, Conditionals, Functions | 10_loops, 10_Conditionals, 10_functions |
| Advanced Functions | Decorators, Closures, Scope | Decoraters, scope_and_clousers |
| OOP Mastery | Classes, Inheritance, Polymorphism | OOP |
| Error Handling | Try-Except, Custom Exceptions | Error_handling |
| API & Data | Requests, JSON, Databases | Api_handling, youtube_manager |
| Internals | Memory, Iterators, Generators | inner-working, bts_in_loops |
✅ Timing, Debug, Cache Decorators (production-ready)
✅ YouTube Manager: SQLite + MongoDB CRUD
✅ API Integration: Random User API + JSON parsing
✅ Mutable vs Immutable deep dive
✅ Iterator Protocol & Generator workflows
✅ Closure & Lexical Scope examples
✅ Memory management visualization
✅ 50+ Practice exercises
✅ Performance benchmarking
Core: Python 3.11+ (Standard Library)
External: requests, pymongo, sqlite3
Databases: SQLite, MongoDB
Tools: time, functools, json, sys
beyond-basics-python/
├── 01_basics/ # Python fundamentals
├── 02_boolean/ # Truthy/Falsy mastery
├── List/ # Advanced list operations
├── Dictionary/ # Dict methods & patterns
├── String/ # f-strings, formatting
├── Numbers/ # Precision, math ops
├── Tuples/ # Immutable sequences
├── set/ # Set theory & operations
├── 10_functions/ # Args, kwargs, lambdas
├── 10_loops/ # For/while, comprehensions
├── 10_Conditionals/ # If/else, match-case
├── Decoraters/ # @timer, @cache, @debug
├── OOP/ # Classes, inheritance
├── Api_handling/ # REST API calls
├── Error_handling/ # Exception handling
├── scope_and_clousers/ # Function scope mastery
├── inner-working/ # Memory & execution
├── muteableVsimmutable/ # Object mutability
├── bts_in_loops/ # Iterator protocol
├── practise/ # 50+ coding challenges
├── youtube_manager/ # Full CRUD app (SQL/NoSQL)
├── requirements.txt
└── README.md
- Week 1: Data Structures + Control Flow (
List/,Dictionary/,10_loops/) - Week 2: Functions + Decorators (
10_functions/,Decoraters/) - Week 3: OOP + Scope (
OOP/,scope_and_clousers/) - Week 4: APIs + Databases (
Api_handling/,youtube_manager/) - Week 5: Internals + Practice (
inner-working/,practise/)
1. Fork → Clone → Create branch
2. Add your example → Test → Commit
3. Push → PR with description
4. Follow PEP8 + Add tests
Wasim Akram – Full-Stack Developer | Python Expert | Generative AI Engineer
Email: malikwaseemshzad@gmail.com