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+### Python (Focus on basics and essentials)
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+- [ ] **Python Basics**:
+  - [ ] Syntax and Semantics
+  - [ ] Data Types (Strings, Numbers, Lists, Dictionaries, Tuples, Sets)
+  - [ ] Control Flows (if, for, while)
+  - [ ] Functions and Scope
+  - [ ] Basic File I/O
+
+- [ ] **Intermediate Python**:
+  - [ ] Object-Oriented Programming (Classes, Objects, Inheritance)
+  - [ ] Error and Exception Handling
+  - [ ] Modules and Packages
+  - [ ] Virtual Environments (venv)
+
+- [ ] **Essential Python Libraries**:
+  - [ ] `pip` for package installation
+  - [ ] `requests` for HTTP requests
+  - [ ] `Pandas` for data manipulation (useful in many Django backend scenarios)
+
+- [ ] **Best Practices**:
+  - [ ] Code Style (PEP 8)
+  - [ ] Writing Reusable Code
+  - [ ] Introduction to Testing (unittest)
+
+### Django (Understand the core framework)
+
+- [ ] **Django Basics**:
+  - [ ] Setting up Django
+  - [ ] Django Project vs. Django App
+  - [ ] Models and Databases (ORM)
+  - [ ] Views and URL Dispatchers
+  - [ ] Templates and Static Files
+  - [ ] Django Admin Interface
+  - [ ] Forms and Form Processing
+
+- [ ] **Intermediate Django**:
+  - [ ] Class-Based Views
+  - [ ] User Authentication
+  - [ ] Middleware
+  - [ ] Signals
+  - [ ] Advanced QuerySet Usage
+
+- [ ] **Django Best Practices**:
+  - [ ] Project Structure
+  - [ ] Security Practices (CSRF, XSS, Clickjacking)
+  - [ ] Performance Optimizations (Database Indexing, Query Optimization)
+  - [ ] Logging
+
+- [ ] **Testing Django**:
+  - [ ] Unit Tests and Test Cases
+  - [ ] Test Client
+
+### Django REST Framework (DRF) (Learn to build APIs)
+
+- [ ] **DRF Basics**:
+  - [ ] Serialization
+  - [ ] ViewSets and Routers
+  - [ ] Authentication and Permissions
+  - [ ] Browsable API
+
+- [ ] **Intermediate DRF**:
+  - [ ] Custom Validators
+  - [ ] Pagination
+  - [ ] Filtering, Searching, and Ordering
+
+- [ ] **Advanced DRF Topics (20% that might be less common but important)**:
+  - [ ] Throttling
+  - [ ] Versioning
+  - [ ] Caching
+
+- [ ] **Integrations**:
+  - [ ] Integrating Django with Front-End Frameworks (e.g., React, Vue.js)
+
+### Real-World Application & Practice
+
+- [ ] **Version Control**:
+  - [ ] Git Basics (commits, branches, merges, pull requests)
+
+- [ ] **Project**:
+  - [ ] Build a simple CRUD application with Django
+  - [ ] Extend it by adding a REST API with DRF
+  - [ ] Implement User Authentication
+
+- [ ] **Deployment**:
+  - [ ] Basic understanding of servers and hosting (e.g., Heroku, AWS)
+  - [ ] Static and Media File Management
+  - [ ] Deployment of Django projects
+
+### Continuous Learning
+
+- [ ] **Stay Updated**:
+  - [ ] Follow Django and DRF releases
+  - [ ] Participate in communities (Reddit, Stack Overflow, Django Users mailing list)
+
+- [ ] **Expand Knowledge**:
+  - [ ] Asynchronous Django (Django Channels)
+  - [ ] Django REST Framework 3rd party packages (for things like OAuth, JWT, etc.)
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