[chrisa]

It's a neat idea to write the entire book as notebooks - so you can have run-able code right in line.

Definitely excited to check this out; thanks Jeremy and Sylvain!

[weego]

It's an awful idea, notebook stability ages like milk

[fredmonroe]

i think that's true of almost all tech books in paper form

personally i think these work great because i can add cells to inspect data or try experiments easily as i'm reading to help me understand whats going on

[SkyMarshal]

What do you mean by stability in this context?

[khazhoux]

I think he means they bit-rot. Stop working.

[RocketSyntax]

read for theory and big patterns

[smohare]

These sorts of books have existed since the dawn of notebooks. While I think them useful for demonstrations, I don’t think there is much pedantic value (beyond a more static medium) in all honesty. Well-worked examples a student can consult while attempting to solve problems on their own is still of paramount importance.

[timClicks]

When you say "pedantic value", do you mean "pedagogic value"?

[localhost]

Why can’t we have both? Great examples AND an interactive, reproducible medium?