Engineering Excellence and Advanced Python for Senior Software Engineers

By Rustam-Z 🚀

Can be used by Backend Developers, Data engineers, Test Automation engineers, and anyone who wants to advance in Python.

Senior Python Developer Skill Set

• Advanced Python.Core and Python.OOP: object model, decorators, iterators, generators, context managers, OOP tricks.
• Python clean coding, and engineering excellence
• Development principles (SOLID, DRY, KISS...) and design patterns
• Parallel programming, concurrency, async
• Fancy data types: dataclasses, collections, typing
• Must know libraries: logging, argparse, pathlib, os, sys, requests, itertools, json, yaml, csv
• Testing: API and E2E testing with PyTest, unittest, and Selenium

Python Resources

TOP GitHub Repositories

• senior
• awesome-interview-questions
• break-the-ice-with-python
• path-to-senior-engineer-handbook

Advanced Python.Core and Python.OOP

• Python.OOP 8 tips
• realpython.com
• Python object model: https://youtu.be/pQdcfCmwFak?feature=shared
• 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
• advanced, https://www.fullstackpython.com
• advanced, https://testdriven.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
• https://github.com/faif/python-patterns
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAuRQs_d9F8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv-_1er1mWI

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

Python Testing

• “Python testing with PyTest”
• “Python testing with Selenium”
• “TDD in Python”
• “Python Unit Test Automation“
• "XUnit Test Patterns" book

Python 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”
• “Expert Python Programming”

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
• https://www.youtube.com/@yegor256
• Watch conference recordings

What's next?

• Dive into System Design topics: watch the "Systems Expert by AlgoExpert" course + read the "System Design interview" book.
• Dive into DevOps and Cloud Arch.
• Dive into database topics.
• Constantly upgrade your coding and engineering excellence skills.

General engineering resources

Books

6. Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
7. Clean Architecture
8. Code Craft: The Practice of Writing Excellent Code
9. The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers (Robert C. Martin Series)
10. Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think
11. "On Managing Yourself"
12. "How to answer the 64 toughest interview questions"
13. "The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master"
14. "Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition"
15. "The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering"
16. "Soft Skills: The software developer's life manual"
17. "Programming Interviews Exposed"
18. "Elements of Programming Interviews: The Insiders' Guide 2nd Edition"
19. "Programming Pearls 2nd Edition"

Engineering Blogs

3. https://github.com/kilimchoi/engineering-blogs
4. https://blog.bytebytego.com/p/79-engineering-blogs-to-level-up
5. https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/
6. https://careercutler.substack.com/?r=1r629c
7. Software Engineering Daily - https://lnkd.in/gi5UgrZn
8. The Engineering Room by Dave Farley - https://lnkd.in/gCsrhEUb
9. Small Batches by Adam Hawkins - https://smallbatches.fm/
10. Algorithms + Data Structures by Bryce Adelstein Lelbach and Conor Hoekstra - https://lnkd.in/gAbnrr6g
11. The Changelog by Adam Stacoviak and Jerod Santo - https://lnkd.in/ghkzTWFR
12. Backend Banter by Lane Wagner - https://lnkd.in/gwhYrUd4
13. The Backend Engineering Show by Hussein Nasser https://lnkd.in/gcKD5kCm
14. SRE Prodcast by Google - https://lnkd.in/ggpPrZhV
15. The Mob Mentality Show by Chris Lucian and Austin Chadwick - https://lnkd.in/gBttgzy2
16. Soft Skills Engineering Podcast by Dave Smith and Jamison Dance - https://softskills.audio/
17. Working Code by Adam, Ben, Carol, and Tim - https://workingcode.dev/
18. Dude Where’s My Code by Nick Cosentino and Graeme Harvey - https://lnkd.in/g6i-ry4G
19. Signals & Threads by Ron Minsky - https://lnkd.in/gnKzUiCK
20. Develop Yourself by Brian Jenney Jenny - https://lnkd.in/gqv5jBYb
21. Coding Blocks by Allen Underwood, Joe Zack and Michael Outlaw - https://lnkd.in/gAYwJKSz
22. Developer Voices by Kris Jenkins - https://lnkd.in/gVTrEj5M
23. Happy Path Programming by Bruce Eckel and James Ward - https://lnkd.in/gqXHYQ8x
24. Exponential Growth by James Hudnall - https://lnkd.in/gHdS3cY5
25. The Geek Narrator by Kaivalya Apte - https://lnkd.in/gMNHBTwa
26. Go Time - https://lnkd.in/gKY8cMZA
27. CppCast by Timur Doumler and Phil Nash - https://cppcast.com/
28. The InfoQ Podcasts - https://lnkd.in/gabJA47Y
29. Software Engineering Radio - https://www.se-radio.net/
30. Develop Yourself by Brian Jenny - https://lnkd.in/gqv5jBYb
31. Tech Lead Journal by Henry Suryawirawan https://lnkd.in/gYdrfuPz