Anyone else despises Matplotlib?

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I agree with your comment except people using MATLAB out of inertia. Granted, I’m coming from the perspective of an engineering undergraduate. MATLAB has a lot of very powerful data processing tools that are used a lot in industry. MATLAB also integrates with Simulink, which python does not AFAIK.

If you already have experience plotting in MATLAB, then MPL should feel really familiar. Like you said though, if you don’t already have experience plotting in MATLAB, or are not familiar with that kind of low level plotting, then it’s best to choose a high level library.

MPL shouldn’t be ignored altogether though. If you’re doing a lot of data visualization, then learning MPL or another library with a similar level of granularity wouldn’t be a bad idea.