During my undergrad we learned Matlab in year one and subsequent modules in core subjects like solid mechanics, fluid mechanics etc ignored anything to do with code. This was mainly because (as I learned later) the lecturers frequently couldn’t code themselves.

This was frustrating because coding is essential to engineering and efficient problem solving. Fast forward to today and I see the same problems. Students are terrified of coding. It’s complicated enough to have to learn all this new maths but also all this computer science stuff?!

So the notebooks often deal with fundamental stuff that don’t really need need code but then the code can be super simple and intuitive and hopefully inviting.