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You're reading from Matplotlib 2.x By Example Multi-dimensional charts, graphs, and plots in Python

Product type Paperback

Published in Aug 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788295260

Length 334 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Matplotlib

Concepts

Data Visualization

Authors (3):

Allen Yu

Aldrin Yim

Claire Chung

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Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface

1. Hello Plotting World!

2. Figure Aesthetics FREE CHAPTER

3. Figure Layout and Annotations

4. Visualizing Online Data

5. Visualizing Multivariate Data

6. Adding Interactivity and Animating Plots

7. A Practical Guide to Scientific Plotting

8. Exploratory Data Analytics and Infographics

What you need for this book

These are the prerequisites for this book:

Basic Python knowledge is expected. Interested readers can refer to Learning Python by Fabrizio Romano if they are relatively new to Python programming.
A working installation of Python 3.4 or later is required. The default Python distribution can be obtained from https://www.python.org/download/. Readers may also explore other Python distributions, such as Anaconda (https://www.continuum.io/downloads), which provides better package dependency management.
A Windows 7+, macOS 10.10+, or Linux-based computer with 4 GB RAM or above is recommended.
The code examples are based on Matplotlib 2.x, Seaborn 0.8.0, Pandas 0.20.3, Numpy 1.13.1, SciPy 0.19.1, pycountry 17.5.14, stockstats 0.2.0, BeautifulSoup4 4.6.0, requests 2.18.4, plotly 2.0.14, scikit-learn 0.19.0, GeoPandas 0.2.1, PIL 1.1.6, and lifelines 0.11.1. Brief instructions for installing these packages are included in the chapters, but readers can refer to the official documentation pages for more details.

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Authors (3)

Allen Yu

Allen Yu, PhD, is a Chevening Scholar, 2017-18, and an MSC student in computer science at the University of Oxford. He holds a PhD degree in Biochemistry from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and he has used Python and Matplotlib extensively during his 10 years of bioinformatics experience. Apart from academic research, Allen is the co-founder of Codex Genetics Limited, which aims to provide a personalized medicine service in Asia through the use of the latest genomics technology.

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Aldrin Yim

Aldrin Yim is a PhD candidate and Markey Scholar in the Computation and System Biology program at Washington University, School of Medicine. His research focuses on applying big data analytics and machine learning approaches in studying neurological diseases and cancer. He is also the founding CEO of Codex Genetics Limited, which provides precision medicine solutions to patients and hospitals in Asia.

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Claire Chung

Claire Chung is pursuing her PhD degree as a Bioinformatician at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She enjoys using Python daily for work and lifehack. While passionate in science, her challenge-loving character motivates her to go beyond data analytics. She has participated in web development projects, as well as developed skills in graphic design and multilingual translation. She led the Campus Network Support Team in college, and shared her experience in data visualization in PyCon HK 2017.

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