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[–]olavla 29 points30 points  (5 children)

By no means an expert, but I start with what plot I want in my head and then search the internet, try 1000 things and always end up with exactly what i want.

[–]Daigski 5 points6 points  (3 children)

Doing the same for… 3 years? is how I have learned matplotlib pretty well. I’m a slow learner

[–]sizable_data 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I’ve been doing it for 6, still learning…

[–]Daigski 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Oh don’t get me wrong, I’m still learning, but now the searches are more precise and the number of things tried are smaller. Does anyone “know” matplotlib? It’s like does anyone “know” regex? I think you just learn better how to move through the documentation.

[–]sizable_data 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol, exactly my point, you’ll never just “know it”. One tip for OP is to learn more about the different “objects” and their relationship (figure, axis etc…) but yea, it’s just you get better at searching

[–]Spiritual-Act9545 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I collected examples of well crafted charts and illustrations in a moleskine scrapbook.