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Python in 7 days — the absolute-beginner jumpstart

35 lessons · ~7h · 1-2 weeks · starter

⏱ How long will this take you? ~7h total → 1 weeks at 15h/week (the title's pace) · 1 weeks at 10h/week · 2 weeks at 4h/week (45 min/day, 5 days). Pick the row that matches your real schedule.

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Outcome

Seven days, seven concrete things you can do. By Sunday: write a Python script from scratch, read someone else's code without panicking, debug small programs.

Why this path

Most 'learn Python in a weekend' promises are marketing. This one is honest: 7 days × ~30 minutes is enough to read, write, and reason about small Python programs — not enough to ship a SaaS, but enough to know if Python is for you and to start the next 90-day plan with momentum. Each day pins one outcome to five real lessons from the Foundations track.

Resume bullet (when finished)

“Completed a structured 7-day Python jumpstart — built five small scripts (calculator, FizzBuzz, shopping list, contact dict, guess-the-number) and learned to read other people's Python by predicting program output.”

Stages (7)

STAGE 1

Day 1 · Print, variables, types — your first line of code

~1h · 5 lessons

STAGE 2

Day 2 · Input + if/else — programs that make decisions

~1h · 6 lessons

STAGE 3

Day 3 · Loops — repeat work automatically (FizzBuzz!)

~1h · 4 lessons

STAGE 4

Day 4 · Dicts + functions — group data, package logic

~1h · 5 lessons

STAGE 5

Day 5 · Predict the output — read other people's code

~1h · 5 lessons

STAGE 6

Day 6 · Lock in the vocabulary — Python's small quirks

~1h · 5 lessons

STAGE 7

Day 7 · Write 5 small functions from scratch

~1h · 5 lessons

🎯 Day 8 onwards

Finished the jumpstart? Pick a track to keep moving.

You now have the syntax for variables, if/else, loops, dicts, and functions. Where you go next depends on what you're building.

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