[pkoperek]

To be honest I think this may be actually an advantage: it explains concepts which otherwise are just weird parameters in code. Since it is pretty lengthy I would actually recommend to read the chapters relevant to a specific method you are interested in (maybe going a backwards to build the right context).

If you I'd combine it with e.g. https://spinningup.openai.com/en/latest/ or doing some toy projects with https://stable-baselines3.readthedocs.io/en/master/ it would probably render the most value.

[malshe]

I second this. When I started learning ML, rather than getting into coding I first watched Yaser Abu-Mostafa's Caltech lectures on YouTube diligently. I used his book as a companion. Next I watched Robert Tibshirani's lectures. I was interested in learning the fundamentals, which helped me a lot when I started coding.