Most important Python concepts for beginners to intermediate

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If you have 0-3 years of experience working in tech and you are going to apply for python developer role or if you are starting with python to build a project, then you must know some crucial concepts of the language.
Below you will find the most important and frequently asked topics in python interviews.
There are some amazing links to learn and master python at the end of this blog.

Different data structures in python
- List
- Tuple
- Sets
- Dictionaries
Valid types of keys in dictionary and their properties.
- Iterating a dict
Zip function
Difference between arrays and list in python.
String manipulation and slicing operation
Regex
List comprehension
Lambda/anonymous functions
Filter, map, reduce functions
Generators
Decorators
Exception handling
Files input and output using with
Deep and shallow copy
Memory management in python
Modules in python
Local vs global variables
_init_
*args, **kwargs
Multithreading

Python’s official documentation is very precise and coherent, so going through that would be helpful to understand above concepts. But if you are someone who understands better visually than reading, then here are some useful links,

For absolute beginners into programming/python:
python for beginners

Important data structures in python:

Data structures in python video 2. Documentation of DS

Comprehensions: Python Comprehensions
Generators in python: Python generators
Decorators: [Python decorators]https://youtu.be/FsAPt_9Bf3U
Multiprocessing in python: multiprocessing
File operations: Input/Output operations

The definitions of these concepts can be quite clear; however, you will need to understand them exceedingly to truly use them in your projects. The interviewers also ask tricky questions which can be answered only if you know the concepts thoroughly.