Data visualisation

Matplotlib

Matplotlib (http://matplotlib.org) is a popular library for producing informative visualisations (plots). It is designed for (mostly two dimensional) publication quality plots.

source: https://pythonawesome.com/official-matplotlib-cheat-sheets/

for more theoretical background tutorial_matplotlib.ipynb

pandas built in visualisation

The built-in visualization of pandas really shines is in helping with fast and easy plotting of series and DataFrames that can help us explore the data. We can directly plot from the dataframe

df.plot.scatter('A', 'C', c='B', s=df['B'], colormap='viridis');

see also tutorial_pandas_visualisation.ipynb

panel

Panel is a tool that can make your visualisations interactive. It uses widgets to interact with the data. It is designed for dashboards.

see also introduction_panel.ipynb