README.md

Python Track

Scope and Status

This track currently covers 01-foundations, 02-core, 03-advanced, and 04-expert, plus all project and assessment checkpoints through 04-expert.

• 8/8 foundations modules implemented.
• 6/6 core modules implemented (input-validation, algorithms-basics, file-io-basics, sorting-and-searching, maps-and-frequency-counting, error-handling-and-defensive-programming).
• 5/5 advanced modules implemented (structs-and-classes, constructors-and-invariants, copy-and-move-semantics, inheritance-and-polymorphism, templates-basics).
• 5/5 expert modules implemented (memory-management-and-raii, smart-pointers-in-depth, concurrency-basics, performance-and-profiling-basics, modularization-and-build-structure).
• 4/4 projects implemented (01-foundations, 02-core, 03-advanced, 04-expert).
• 4/4 assessments implemented (01-foundations, 02-core, 03-advanced, 04-expert).
• Same module naming as C++, Go, and C# for parity.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+ available as python
• Terminal (PowerShell or Bash)

Quick Start

1. Open 01-foundations.
2. Run one module example:

python 01-foundations/types-and-io/example/main.py

3. Solve:

• 01-foundations/types-and-io/exercises/01.py
• 01-foundations/types-and-io/exercises/02.py

Level and Module Map

• 01-foundations
  • types-and-io
  • operators-and-expressions
  • control-flow
  • functions
  • arrays-and-vectors
  • strings
  • scope-and-lifetime-basics
  • formatted-output-and-iomanip
• 02-core
  • input-validation
  • algorithms-basics
  • file-io-basics
  • sorting-and-searching
  • maps-and-frequency-counting
  • error-handling-and-defensive-programming
• 03-advanced
  • structs-and-classes
  • constructors-and-invariants
  • copy-and-move-semantics
  • inheritance-and-polymorphism
  • templates-basics
• 04-expert
  • memory-management-and-raii
  • smart-pointers-in-depth
  • concurrency-basics
  • performance-and-profiling-basics
  • modularization-and-build-structure
• projects
  • 01-foundations
  • 02-core
  • 03-advanced
  • 04-expert
• assessments
  • 01-foundations
  • 02-core
  • 03-advanced
  • 04-expert

Progress Tracking

• CHECKLIST.md

Cross-Language Parity Strategy

• Complete one module or checkpoint in Python and then the same artifact in C++.
• Compare readability, typing, and standard library approaches.
• Document at least three implementation differences per module pair.
• Track next parity milestones in LANGUAGE_PARITY_MATRIX.md.