Introduction to Matplotlib

This lesson will guide you through all the possible techniques that are used to visualize data using the Matplotlib Python library.

In this lesson, we will explore the main functionalities of Matplotlib: we will look at how to customize Matplotlib objects, how to use various plotting techniques, and finally, we will focus on how to communicate results.

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Learning Objectives

• Learn the fundamentals of Python's Matplotlib library and its main features
• Customize objects in Matplotlib
• Create multiple plots in Matplotlib
• Customize plots in Matplotlib (annotations, labels, linestyles, colors, etc)
• Understand the different plot types available

Intended Audience

• Data scientists
• Anyone looking to create plots and visualize data in Matplotlib

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should already be familiar with using Python, for which you can take our Introduction to Python course. Knowledge of Python's Pandas library would also be beneficial and you might want to take our lessons Working with Pandas and Data Wrangling with Pandas before embarking on this Matplotlib lesson.

Resources

The data used in this lesson can be found in the following GitHub repository: https://github.com/cloudacademy/data-visualization-with-python-using-matplotlib