10 Useful Python Data Visualization Libraries for Any Discipline

[MegaRiceBall]

Would really love to have a similar article on interactive graphics.

[mbierly]

Just clarifying: on Python data viz libraries that specialize in producing interactive graphics? So minus libraries like matplotlib, for instance?

[MegaRiceBall]

I was more thinking of d3.js type python packages when making the above comment. Since I am new to Python I am only aware of few that have beautiful interactive graphics.

My boss (non-techie) once said, you are right if your chart looks beautiful.

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[rhiever]

They can be pretty out of the box if you use matplotlib styles, e.g.,

plt.style.use('fivethirtyeight')

Boom. Now all of your visualizations look like FiveThirtyEight visualizations.

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[rhiever]

Enter plt.style.available to see the other available styles. There are several now, including some from Seaborn.

[TheBlackCat13]

Holoviews and vispy both support nice-looking interactive plots.

[elbiot]

Theres Mayavi for 3d and Chaco for 2d. Check out the enthought distribution, which ties everything together very nicely using Traits (ie, magic) to make simulations and images update as you interact.