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Python Backend Developer

Build validated APIs and reliable server-side applications.

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6.0–12.0 months, approximately

Foundation → intermediate · 260–520 focused hours of overlapping study and project practice. Job-readiness development is ongoing.

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  1. Programming workflowNot detected

    Python

    Python is a general-purpose programming language.

    60–120 focused hours · roughly 6.0–12.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.

    Milestone: Build a CSV reporting command-line tool.

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    Git

    Git records changes to source code.

    8–16 focused hours · roughly 0.8–1.6 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.

    Milestone: Track a small project and resolve a practice merge conflict.

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    SQL

    SQL queries and manages relational data.

    25–60 focused hours · roughly 2.5–6.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.

    Milestone: Answer ten business questions against a sample database.

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    PostgreSQL

    PostgreSQL is a relational database system.

    25–50 focused hours · roughly 2.5–5.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: SQL

    Milestone: Design an inventory schema and inspect slow queries.

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    REST API

    An API exposes data and operations through defined requests.

    20–45 focused hours · roughly 2.0–4.5 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.

    Milestone: Design an inventory CRUD API with failure cases.

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    Flask

    Flask is a small Python web framework.

    25–50 focused hours · roughly 2.5–5.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: Python · REST API

    Milestone: Build a three-route app with CSRF and tests.

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    Authentication

    Authentication verifies identity; authorization controls access.

    35–70 focused hours · roughly 3.5–7.0 weeks at your schedule · Intermediate

    Prerequisites: REST API

    Milestone: Test owner-only access and session expiry in a local app.

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    Testing

    Testing verifies expected software behavior.

    25–50 focused hours · roughly 2.5–5.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: No specific prerequisite.

    Milestone: Design API cases including invalid requests and ownership; learn Python before the unittest coding exercises.

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    Docker

    Docker packages applications into containers.

    25–50 focused hours · roughly 2.5–5.0 weeks at your schedule · Beginner

    Prerequisites: Linux

    Milestone: Containerize a small API with a persistent database.

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Build evidence through projects

Beginner

Reporting CLI

Process files with clear validation and errors.

Skills practiced: Python

Intermediate

Inventory API

Design data constraints, pagination and tested endpoints.

Skills practiced: SQL · Flask · REST API

Advanced

Private workspace

Build owner-only sessions, regression tests and container deployment.

Skills practiced: Authentication · Testing · Docker

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