Introducing Makie

Makie, like Plots, is a high-level plotting package that relies on different backends for rendering. Makie was born from the Plots philosophy while trying to solve some of its problems. The strengths and issues of Plots come from the fact that it has high-level plotting libraries as backends. Makie instead relies on low-level backends, allowing it to have more control. This control permits Makie to be a fast plotting library with excellent interactive features.

There are three primary backends for Makie:

• GLMakie: This uses OpenGL to render the plots, so it is quick and allows the visualization of large datasets. Makie enables you to visualize the plots using a GLFW window. You can use it to create interactive plots, and it has excellent support for 3D plots. It is the backend that supports most of the Makie features. It only requires a graphic card that supports OpenGL version 3.3 or higher.
• CairoMakie: This focuses on the creation of publication-quality...