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This seems like a good place to ask. What is the use-case for these scripting language "notebooks"? This isn't the only one for Python, and I know MATLAB has so
by VyseofArcadia 3y ago
This seems like a good place to ask. What is the use-case for these scripting language "notebooks"? This isn't the only one for Python, and I know MATLAB has something similar. From the outside in, it just seems like one form of literate programming just got really popular, but surely there's more to it than that.
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- akshayka 3y agoCommon use cases include exploring data, training models, and running scientific experiments. A good notebook makes your data feel tangible, through direct manipulation -- letting you quickly experiment with code, data, and models that are in held in RAM, while also visualizing the results of your experiments and explorations. In addition, marimo notebooks in particular can also be used to build internal tools, since they make it very easy to create interactive UI elements that are synchronized with Python.
- abdullahkhalids 3y agoI am a scientist. I use notebooks the same way I use latex documents. To write reports that capture how I got a particular set of results. Most notebooks I write have a lot of text in them, discussing what I am thinking and why, how each cell fits into the global picture of what I am doing, and what the results mean.