Plotting in Python with matplotlib

Adam Tyson

Introduction to plotting in Python with matplotlib

Brasserie Seminar Room, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre.

This standalone course is aimed at those with some Python experience (e.g. you came to the PyStarters introductory session) to get them up to speed with one of the main data science tasks, plotting data.The course will use matplotlib, the most popular plotting package for Python, and will show you all the basics.<ul><li> Pulling data from a file</li><li> Plotting in Matplotlib using matplotlib.pyplot</li><li> Basic introduction to object-oriented (OO) programming</li><li> Plotting in Matplotlib using its OO interface</li><li> How to use the docs</li><li> Changing plot attributes</li><li> Adding text and blits to plots</li><li> Crafting legends</li><li> Saving figures</li><li> Alternative plotting libraries in Python</li></ul>The only requirements are a very basic knowledge of Python, and a laptop with a functioning Python environment (this was set up in the introductory session).Full details can be found <a href="https://sainsburywellcomecentre.github.io/pystarters/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><a href="https://sainsburywellcomecentre.github.io/pystarters/events/plotting_with_matplotlib_march_2020.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.If you have any questions, get in touch at adam.tyson@ucl.ac.uk

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