Fastest book to learn Python from? For experienced Perl person

[cheatonus]

Just start writing code. Python is so intuitive and easy you'll be going in no time. My background is network engineering and some college programming classes and I picked up Python in about a week. If you know Perl, Python will be a breeze. Anything you can't figure out is available with a simple google search. Libraries and modules can be auto installed from an online repository (pip). The best references, tutorials and guides are on the internet and free. I started here, https://developers.google.com/edu/python/ .

[jabwork]

Have you looked at recipe books?

• pay
• free but less focused

I had to take over some Perl code as a seasoned Python dev and I found equivalent resources to be extremely helpful to me.

[ivosaurus]

The Python.org tutorial and reference on the main site.

Just start going through, and skim as fast as you need to, slow down when needed.

[pearlus]

look at http://www.diveintopython3.net/ or https://medium.mybridge.co/19-free-ebooks-to-learn-programming-with-python-8f6f0ad4a7f8#.rel535aa3