This book is intended for Python programmers who want to do more than just see their data. Experience with GUI toolkits is not required, so this book can be an excellent complement to other GUI programming resources.
Who is this book for?
This book is intended for Python programmers who want to do more than just see their data. Experience with GUI toolkits is not required, so this book can be an excellent complement to other GUI programming resources.
If you need to quickly produce graphs and charts and explore data, this is the book for you.You could possibly get the same information from user manuals, blog posts and such like given enough time, but this book makes it easy to grasp the information and be quickly productive.
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Juan Nunez-IglesiasApr 03, 2018
5
I highly recommend Ben's book. I fumbled around for a long time with minor interactive matplotlib features. Then I read his book and it completely clarified my mental model of mpl interactivity and, indeed, of GUIs in general.Here's an excerpt that describes my story quite well:"""Indeed, given that the primary audience for Matplotlib is scientific programmers for whom GUIs are, at best, an afterthought, Matplotlib provides a gradual curve to create full-fledged GUI applications. For simple GUI tasks, one can go quite far with Matplotlib without ever having to adopt a GUI platform. And, as we will see in the next chapter, taking those final steps into a GUI application would not require getting rid of any existing code."""If you're a scientist looking to add a bit of interactivity to your data, or to move from a purely command-line interface to providing some graphical interactivity and control, this is a fantastic book to start with. Even if you end up using some newer frameworks such as Bokeh, the ideas in this book about GUI loops and callbacks will be useful forever.
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Dr. Andrew G. MeigsFeb 04, 2016
5
Good book, but a bit short. Nice tidbits throughout.
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Phu taFeb 18, 2016
3
I think the overall content is okay, good for beginners who want to learned to develop interactive Python app. Keep in mind that specifically builds up a weather application in Matplotlib. So depend on your interest, it may or may not be helpful.
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Philip HSep 15, 2018
1
A few pages on plotting; the rest of the book is junk. I would ask for my money back if I could!
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