Lesson 7: Plotting in Python

During this week, we will introduce you to different modules that can be used to make data plots in Python and learn how to do basic plotting using a module called matplotlib.

Lesson overview

1. Overview of useful modules for plotting in Python
2. Anatomy of a plot
3. Basics of plotting with Matplotlib
4. Connecting Matplotlib with plotly
5. Exercise 7: Plotting with Python
6. Hints for Exercise 7

Resources

• Past lesson materials
  • Intro to Numpy
  • Reading and Writing files
  • Functions and modules
  • Control flow
  • Intro to version control and GitHub
  • Writing script files
  • Working on the exercises
• Web pages
  • Codecademy's Learn to program in Python
  • Software Carpentry's programming in Python
• Books
  • Learn Python the Hard Way
  • Dive into Python 3