7-Day Python Study Plan for Freelancing
Day 1: Python Fundamentals
- Python installation, IDEs (VS Code, Jupyter)
- Variables, Data types, Input/output
- Operators, If-else statements, Loops
- Functions and Scope
- Practice: basic calculator, number guessing game
- 8 hrs learning, 2 hrs coding practice
Day 2: Data Structures & Error Handling
- Lists, Tuples, Sets, Dictionaries
- List comprehension, String manipulation
- Exception handling, File I/O basics
- Practice: File word counter, contact book
- 7 hrs learning, 3 hrs mini-projects
Day 3: Functions, Modules & OOP
- Advanced functions (args, kwargs, lambda)
- Modules and packages
- OOP: Classes, Inheritance, Encapsulation
- Practice: Student management system
- 6 hrs learning, 4 hrs building system
Day 4: Automation & Web Scraping
- os, shutil, datetime, subprocess
- requests, BeautifulSoup, lxml (HTML parsing)
- Mini-projects: web scraper, file sorter
- 5 hrs learning, 5 hrs projects
Day 5: Working with Data (CSV, Excel, JSON, APIs)
- csv, json, pandas, openpyxl
- REST APIs with requests
- Projects: COVID API stats, Excel report, CSV email parser
- 6 hrs learning, 4 hrs project
Day 6: GUI & Freelance-Oriented Projects
- GUI with tkinter
- Email sender, image viewer, calculator
- Projects: Portfolio scraper, PDF merger
- 4 hrs learning, 6 hrs building
Day 7: Portfolio, Git, and Freelance Platforms
- Git & GitHub basics
- Create Fiverr/Upwork profiles, practice proposals
- Final Projects: scraper + report, automation script
- Publish projects to GitHub
- 4 hrs practice, 6 hrs setup
Note: After completing this plan, continue building mini-projects, contributing to GitHub, and learning Python
frameworks like Flask or Django for advanced freelancing work.