Hands-on Matplotlib: Learn Plotting and Visualizations with Python 3

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A. PajankarHands-on Matplotlibhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7410-1_1

1. Introduction to Python 3

Ashwin Pajankar¹  

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Nashik, Maharashtra, India

 

I welcome you all to the exciting journey of data visualization with Matplotlib and related libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, and Seaborn.

This chapter covers the basics of the Python programming language including its history, installation, and applications. You will be writing a few simple and introductory Python 3 programs and be learning how to execute them on various OS platforms.

Then, we will start exploring the scientific Python ecosystem. We will briefly discuss the member libraries of the scientific Python ...