Prerequisites for this book
This book assumes that you have previous experience with matplotlib and that it has been installed on your preferred development platform. If you need a refresher on the steps to accomplish that, the first chapter of Sandro Tosi's excellent book, Matplotlib for Python Developers, provides instructions to install matplotlib and its dependencies.
In addition to matplotlib, you will need a recent installation of IPython to run many of the examples and exercises provided. For help in getting started with IPython, there many great resources available on the project's site. Cyrille Rossant has authored Learning IPython for Interactive Computing and Data Visualization, Packt Publishing, which is a great resource as well.
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