Matplotlib: 2D Plotting with Python

Introduction

Matplotlib is a python library implementing 2D data visualization. The library allows one to quickly create simple plots from the python repl, but is powerful enough to be embedded in the graphical user interface of an application. This document is a short tutorial introducing some Matplotlib basics. The reader is strongly encouraged to visit the website and especially the great Matplotlib documentation. A good starting point is: usage and good inspirational resources are: screenshots, gallery and examples.