This book was born out of the need to help students transition from core programming coursework in another language, chiefly C++. In my opinion, when you’re coming from another language, you probably only need to be aware of where and how Python is different. That is, a long form text repeating in-common concepts, structures, and idioms is largely wasted trees.
There are two files representing the book in this repository: the raw Markdown file and the rendered PDF. My intention is that readers use the PDF. Thus, the Markdown contains LaTeX commands necessary to format the PDF as I want the final product to appear.
Maybe my format doesn't work for you. That's fine. You have the Markdown at your disposal and can modify within the bounds of the license.
I use pandoc to compile:
pandoc transitional-python.md -o transitional-python.pdf
If you found this book useful, here is a link you can use to buy me a coffee or pay what you think a book like this is worth.
