Python Advanced: Professional Engineering Mastery

Master advanced Python features for professional development. From decorators and generators to async programming, testing, and design patterns—build production-ready Python skills.

Learning Objectives

Master decorators, generators, and context managers
Understand Python type hints and static typing with mypy
Explore metaclasses and advanced class customization
Build concurrent applications with threading and multiprocessing
Write async code with asyncio and understand event loops
Apply testing best practices with pytest and TDD
Implement design patterns effectively in Python
Package and distribute Python applications professionally

Course Content

Decorators Mastery: From Closures to Class Decorators

Master Python decorators from the ground up. Understand closures, build function and class decorators, use functools, and apply real-world patterns.

60 min

Generators and Iterators: Lazy Evaluation Mastery

Understand the iterator protocol, build generators with yield, use generator expressions, and learn about coroutines as a foundation for async.

55 min

Context Managers and Descriptors: Resource Control

Master the with statement, build custom context managers with __enter__/__exit__ and contextlib, and understand the descriptor protocol.

50 min

Type Hints and Static Typing: Safe Python at Scale

Learn type annotations, generics, Protocol, and TypeVar. Use mypy for static analysis and understand runtime type checking patterns.

55 min

Metaclasses and Class Customization: The Class Factory

Understand __new__ vs __init__, build metaclasses, use ABC for abstract classes, and master __init_subclass__ for simpler customization.

55 min

Threading and the GIL: Concurrent Python

Master threading in Python, understand the Global Interpreter Lock, use synchronization primitives, and know when threading helps vs. hurts.

55 min

Multiprocessing: True Parallelism in Python

Bypass the GIL with multiprocessing. Use process pools, manage shared state safely, and understand inter-process communication.

55 min

Async/Await Fundamentals: Non-Blocking Python

Understand event loops and coroutines. Write async code with asyncio, handle concurrent I/O, and build async patterns for production.

60 min

Testing Best Practices: pytest and TDD

Master pytest with fixtures, parametrization, and mocking. Learn test-driven development, achieve meaningful coverage, and write maintainable tests.

55 min

Design Patterns in Python: Elegant Solutions

Implement classic design patterns the Pythonic way. Master Factory, Strategy, Observer, Decorator, and Dependency Injection patterns.

55 min

Packaging and Distribution: Ship Your Python

Modern Python packaging with pyproject.toml. Manage dependencies, create virtual environments, publish to PyPI, and structure professional projects.

50 min

Project: Building a Production-Ready CLI Tool

Apply everything you've learned by building a complete CLI application with async operations, proper testing, type hints, and professional packaging.

75 min