### Python (Focus on basics and essentials)

- [ ] **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.)