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Matplotlib for Python Developers - Second Edition

By : Aldrin Yim, Claire Chung, Allen Yu
Book Image

Matplotlib for Python Developers - Second Edition

By: Aldrin Yim, Claire Chung, Allen Yu

Overview of this book

Python is a general-purpose programming language increasingly being used for data analysis and visualization. Matplotlib is a popular data visualization package in Python used to design effective plots and graphs. This is a practical, hands-on resource to help you visualize data with Python using the Matplotlib library. Matplotlib for Python Developers, Second Edition shows you how to create attractive graphs, charts, and plots using Matplotlib. You will also get a quick introduction to third-party packages, Seaborn, Pandas, Basemap, and Geopandas, and learn how to use them with Matplotlib. After that, you’ll embed and customize your plots in third-party tools such as GTK+3, Qt 5, and wxWidgets. You’ll also be able to tweak the look and feel of your visualization with the help of practical examples provided in this book. Further on, you’ll explore Matplotlib 2.1.x on the web, from a cloud-based platform using third-party packages such as Django. Finally, you will integrate interactive, real-time visualization techniques into your current workflow with the help of practical real-world examples. By the end of this book, you’ll be thoroughly comfortable with using the popular Python data visualization library Matplotlib 2.1.x and leveraging its power to build attractive, insightful, and powerful visualizations.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Installing and setting up GTK+3


Setting up GTK+3 is fairly simple and straightforward. There are quite a few ways to install GTK+3 depending on your OS version and environment.

Note

We encourage our readers refer to the link: https://python-gtk-3-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html for the latest updates and information on installation.

At the time of writing this book, the official website advises users to install GTK+3 through JHBuild. However, users have experienced a compatibility issue with JHBuild with the macOS El Capitan. 

Note

We recommend macOS users to use the package manager brew to install GTK+3.

GTK+3 can be installed simply if you have brew installed in your macOS:

#Installing the gtk3 packagebrewinstallgtk3#Installing PyGObjectbrewinstallpygobject3

For Linux systems such as Ubuntu, GTK+3 is installed by default. For sophisticated and advanced users who prefer a more customized approach to installing GTK+3, we encourage referring their website to obtain the most recently...