Creating beautiful charts using Matplotlib
This recipe introduces us to the Matplotlib
Python module, which enables us to create visual charts using Python 3.6 and above.
The URL, http://matplotlib.org/users/screenshots.html, is a great place to start for exploring the world of Matplotlib
, and it teaches us how to create many charts that are not presented in this chapter.
Getting ready
In order to use the Matplotlib
Python module, we first have to install this module as well as several other related Python modules.
If you are running a version of Python older than 3.6, I would encourage you to upgrade your version, as we will be using the Python pip
module throughout this chapter to install the required Python modules, and pip
is installed with 3.6 and above.
Note
It is possible to install pip
with the earlier versions of Python 3 but the process is not very intuitive, so it is definitely better to upgrade to 3.6 or above.
How to do it…
The following picture is an example of what incredible graphical...