Python has excellent toolkits and APIs that are used to analyze, visualize, and present data and the results of computations. In the subsequent discussion, we will cover the concept and idea of pandas. We will briefly discuss matplotlib and some sample programs on chart drawing and exporting in different formats. We can export charts in image files and other files, such as PDF. In Chapter 7, Data Analysis and Visualization we will have a detailed discussion on most of the concepts of matplotlib and pandas, along with the IPython toolkits.
pandas is a Python package for data analysis and data manipulation. It is composed of a number of data structures for working on scientific data analysis in Python. The ultimate goal behind the development of pandas is to design a powerful and flexible data manipulation and analysis tool. It provides efficient, flexible, and significant data structures, specially...