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I think I prefer physical textbooks for many reasons I wont get in to... but I do really like the interactive and visualization elements computers offer.

I feel like teaching kids some amount of coding to be able to play with math could be very helpful.

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That's one of the intents behind Logo, see the book Mindstorms by Papert.

Programming wasn't an end unto itself, but a means of exploring complex topics. Notebook-style programming is a great modern iteration of this, especially with the ability to produce interesting and complex visualizations of the underlying data and structures.

Yup, notebooks are what I had in mind. I make heavy use of mathematica when I want to explore a new topic.

Saying you love physical books then not giving the reasons… come on, people want to know.

One reason I love them is that I can easily browse a shelf. Scrolling through a digital library doesn’t have the same sense of amusement.

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