Extremely disappointed by the deprecation of Polyglot Notebooks #4187
Description
Way back when Xamarin Workbooks - The (Interactive) Future of Technical Docs was deprecated I was worried I'd lose my C# scratchpad. Polyglot Notebooks sort-of filled that gap, even though it has failed to feel as stable als Xamarin Workbooks then.
And now here we are, another deprecation without a real alternative. In the deprecation message we're being told that we could use single file apps instead. My use case might be an outlier and single file apps are neat, but they are in no way shape or form a replacement for my Polyglot Notebook usage.
What I liked, no loved, about the notebook format was the interactive and quick way to test out simple, short snippets of code or syntax; show colleagues how a certain c# feature works; intertwine my code with descriptive formatted text and links to go deep into a subject. None of that is convenient with single file apps, the only thing it replaces for me is the occasional small tool I'd write in a notebook out of convenience.
It really saddens me to see this deprecations and I strongly believe a good interactive environment is a vital tool for newcomers to get comfortable with the language (see python).
(I know there is not real question in here except maybe for "why??", but I had to share my feelings somewhere)