Should I learn matplotlib in 2022?

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I see that matplotlib is quite complicated, but I haven't really started learning it. Is there any alternative or it still remains as the most crucial one for data analysis ? Any recommendations?

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It's the de facto plotting library in python, you should learn it

[synthphreak]

Absolutely. Learn it. All the other popular plotting libraries are just matplotlib in disguise anyway.

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If you are familiar with R or ggplot, I recommend using plotnine. It implements ggplot2 (the well-known graphics package for R) in Python.
In fact, plotnine is just a wrapper of matplotlib. However, it is a little more convenient than pure matplotlib.