11.8. Problem Solving with Python Book Construction¶
11.8.1. Jupyter Notebooks¶
This book was constructed using Jupyter notebooks. The GitHub.com repo for the book can be found at:
The directory structure of the GitHub repo contains all the Jupyter notebooks used the write the book. The repo also contains a set of custom conversion scripts and templates which convert the Jupyuter notebooks into .html and .tex files.
Problem-Solving-with-Python-37-Edition/
|-- conversion_tools/
|-- notebooks/
|-- LICENSE
|-- notebooks/
|-- pdf/
|-- README.md
|-- website/
The notebooks directory contains a directory for each chapter of the book:
notebooks/
|-- 00-Preface/
|-- 01-Orientation/
|-- 02-Jupyter-Notebooks/
|-- 03-The-Python-REPL/
|-- 04-Data-Types-and-Variables/
|-- 05-Matrices-and-Arrays/
|-- 06-Plotting-with-Matplotlib/
|-- 07-Functions-and-Modules/
|-- 08-If-Else-Try-Except/
|-- 09-Loops/
|-- 10-Symbolic-Math/
|-- 11-Python-and-External-Hardware/
|-- 12-MicroPython/
|-- 99-Appendix/
`-- figures/
There is a Jupyter notebook for each section of the book within each chapter directory. Each chapter directory contains an images directory for any images used in the markdown cells of the notebooks.
01-Orientation/
|-- 01.00-Welcome.ipynb
|-- 01.01-Why-Python.ipynb
|-- 01.02-The-Anaconda-Distribution-of-Python.ipynb
|-- 01.03-Installing-Anaconda-on-Windows.ipynb
|-- 01.04-Installing-Anaconda-on-MacOS.ipynb
|-- 01.05-Installing-Anaconda-on-Linux.ipynb
|-- 01.06-Installing-Python-from-Python-dot-org.ipynb
|-- 01.07-Summary.ipynb
|-- 01.08-Review-Questions.ipynb
`-- images/
11.8.2. Website¶
The website for this book was constructed using Mkdocs (https://www.mkdocs.org) and the Material for MkDocs (https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/) theme. Jupyter noteboks were exported to .html files with markdown cells unformatted using a custom script and nbconvert.
11.8.3. Hardcopy¶
The hard copy of the book was constructed using LaTeX, nbconvert and a set of custom scripts and templates. One conversion script combined all of the notebooks into one BIG notebook. The BIG notebook was then converted into LaTeX using nbconvert and a custom template. Outside of the Python ecosystem, a separate installation of TeXworks compiled the LaTeX .tex file to a .pdf document.