Lesson 3.1

Plotting with matplotlib

Matplotlib is verbose but total. Learn the figure and axes model once and every other plotting library makes more sense.

Taught byTomas BergPython · pandas · System design · Distributed systems
31m Beginner 21,701 students

Overview

Matplotlib is verbose but total. Learn the figure and axes model once and every other plotting library makes more sense.

What this lesson covers

  • Work with the figure and axes objects
  • Plot lines, bars, and scatter charts
  • Label axes and export at the right resolution

This lesson sits in Visualising Data, part of Python for Data Work. It assumes what came before it and leads directly into the next lesson in the module.

In this lesson you will:

  • Work with the figure and axes objects
  • Plot lines, bars, and scatter charts
  • Label axes and export at the right resolution

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