COMPLETE 25-PHASE CURRICULUM
Python 3.12 Master Curriculum (Zero to AI Architect)
A comprehensive 25-phase engineering curriculum covering CPython internals, bytecode execution, asyncio concurrency, descriptor protocol, NumPy/Pandas data pipelines, PyTorch deep learning foundations, and production LLM orchestration with LangChain and vector stores.
Designed for engineers targeting Senior Python, Data Engineering, and AI/ML positions. Each phase includes verified runnable code, architecture diagrams, and senior engineering interview takeaways.
All 25 Phases — Curriculum Phases
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Phase 1
CPython Internals, Bytecode & Runtime Architecture
How Python source code transforms into AST, Bytecode, and PyObject execution inside the CPython Virtual Machine.
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Phase 2
Data Types, Memory Layout & Mutability
Primitives vs Reference Types, Immutability, Memory Id and Byte Caching.
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Phase 3
Control Flow, Pattern Matching & Exception Handling
Branching, Exception Hierarchy & Pattern Matching
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Phase 4
Functions, Closure & Scoping (LEGB)
Scope Resolution, Closures & First-Class Functions
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Phase 5
Decorators, Wrappers & Higher-Order Functions
Function & Class Decorators & functools.wraps
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Phase 6
Functional Programming, Generators & Iterators
Iterable Protocol, Generators, Yield From & Memory Efficiency
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Phase 7
Object-Oriented Architecture & Magic Methods
Classes, Inheritance, MRO, Dunder Methods & Encapsulation
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Phase 8
Advanced OOP: Metaclasses & Dynamic Class Creation
Metaclasses, Descriptors & __slots__
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Phase 9
Python Memory Management, Reference Counting & GC
Reference Counting, Generational GC & Tracemalloc
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Phase 10
Modules, Packages & Import Machinery
Import System, Packages & pyproject.toml
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Phase 11
File I/O, Context Managers & Contextlib
File Handlers, Context Managers & ExitStack
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Phase 12
Multithreading, GIL & Multiprocessing
Global Interpreter Lock, Threading & Process Pools
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Phase 13
Asyncio & Event Loop Architecture
Event Loop, Coroutines, Async/Await & Task Groups
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Phase 14
Type Hinting, Pydantic & Static Analysis
Type Annotations, Mypy & Pydantic V2
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Phase 15
Structural Pattern Matching (PEP 634)
Sequence Patterns, Class Deconstruction & Guards
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Phase 16
Data Structures & Collections Module
Counter, Defaultdict, Deque, Namedtuple & Heapq
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Phase 17
Database Connectivity, ORM & SQLAlchemy 2.0
SQLite, Async SQLAlchemy 2.0 & Alembic
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Phase 18
Enterprise Web Frameworks: FastAPI & Async Microservices
FastAPI Routes, Dependency Injection & Middleware
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Phase 19
Testing, PyTest & Mocking Frameworks
PyTest Test Runner, Fixtures & Async Testing
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Phase 20
Performance Optimization & Cython C-Extensions
Profiling, C-Extensions, Numba JIT & Cffi
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Phase 21
Data Science Core: NumPy & Vectorized Computing
NumPy Arrays, Broadcasting & Linear Algebra
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Phase 22
Data Wrangling: Pandas DataFrames & Polars
Pandas DataFrames, GroupBy & Polars LazyFrames
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Phase 23
AI/ML Engineering: PyTorch Tensors & Neural Nets
PyTorch Tensors, Autograd & Neural Networks
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Phase 24
LLM & Generative AI Integration (LangChain / LlamaIndex)
Embeddings, Vector Databases & RAG Pipelines
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Phase 25
MLOps, Containerization & Production Deployment
Docker, Gunicorn, Kubernetes & Model Monitoring