Matplotlib Introduction and Using
- 1 minThis slides is made for Taipei.py meetup. In this talk, I gave base knowledge how to use Matplotlib and gave some exercises in order to let readers understand what and why they need to know this knowledge before applying it.
What is Matplotlib?
Matplotlib is a tool that implemented in Python. The primary target of this tool is another replacement of Matlab. Matplotlib has a convenient command-line interface. You can also trigger IPython to fast plot. You can use OO interface to compose complex figures.
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Pros
- You can directly use Python to manipulate data and tweak.
- Multiplot is better in Matplotlib.
- You can apply LaTex to render plot.
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Cons
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Because of the two interfaces (OO and GUI) exist, API is more complicated. You would see there are two or more methods to compose the same figures.
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Official document is hard to read.
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Summary
In Matplotlib, class is following the rule Figure -> Axes -> (Line2D, Text, etc). One Figure can contain several Axes. Use Axes in Matplotlib indicates a plotting area.
For more details, you can check my slides.
Vic Yang
Back-end Engineer