Matplotlib for Python Developers Table Of Contents

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to Matplotlib
Chapter 2: Getting Started with Matplotlib
Chapter 3: Decorate Graphs with Plot Styles and Types
Chapter 4: Advanced Matplotlib
Chapter 5: Embedding Matplotlib in GTK+
Chapter 6: Embedding Matplotlib in Qt 4
Chapter 7: Embedding Matplotlib in wxWidgets
Chapter 8: Matplotlib for the Web
Chapter 9: Matplotlib in the Real World
Index

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Matplotlib
  • Merits of Matplotlib
  • Matplotlib web sites and online documentation
  • Output formats and backends
    • Output formats
    • Backends
  • About dependencies
    • Build dependencies
  • Installing Matplotlib
    • Installing Matplotlib on Linux
    • Installing Matplotlib on Windows
    • Installing Matplotlib on Mac OS X
    • Installing Matplotlib using packaged Python distributions
    • Installing Matplotlib from source code
    • Testing our installation
  • Summary

• Chapter 2: Getting Started with Matplotlib
  • First plots with Matplotlib
  • Multiline plots
    • A brief introduction to NumPy arrays
  • Grid, axes, and labels
    • Adding a grid
    • Handling axes
    • Adding labels
  • Titles and legends
    • Adding a title
    • Adding a legend
  • A complete example
  • Saving plots to a file
  • Interactive navigation toolbar
  • IPython support
    • Controlling the interactive mode
    • Suppressing functions output
  • Configuring Matplotlib
    • Configuration files
    • Configuring through the Python code
    • Selecting backend from code
  • Summary

• Chapter 3: Decorate Graphs with Plot Styles and Types
  • Markers and line styles
    • Control colors
      • Specifying styles in multiline plots
    • Control line styles
    • Control marker styles
    • Finer control with keyword arguments
  • Handling X and Y ticks
  • Plot types
    • Histogram charts
    • Error bar charts
    • Bar charts
    • Pie charts
    • Scatter plots
  • Polar charts
    • Navigation Toolbar with polar plots
    • Control radial and angular grids
  • Text inside figure, annotations, and arrows
    • Text inside figure
    • Annotations
    • Arrows
  • Summary

• Chapter 4: Advanced Matplotlib
  • Object-oriented versus MATLAB styles
    • A brief introduction to Matplotlib objects
    • Our first (simple) example of OO Matplotlib
  • Subplots
    • Multiple figures
    • Additional Y (or X) axes
    • Logarithmic axes
    • Share axes
  • Plotting dates
    • Date formatting
    • Axes formatting with axes tick locators and formatters
    • Custom formatters and locators
  • Text properties, fonts, and LaTeX
    • Fonts
    • Using LaTeX formatting
      • Mathtext
      • External TeX renderer
  • Contour plots and image plotting
    • Contour plots
    • Image plotting
  • Summary

• Chapter 5: Embedding Matplotlib in GTK+
  • A brief introduction to GTK+
    • Introduction to GTK+ signal system
  • Embedding a Matplotlib figure in a GTK+ window
    • Including a navigation toolbar
  • Real-time plots update
  • Embedding Matplotlib in a Glade application
    • Designing the GUI using Glade
      • Code to use Glade GUI
  • Summary

• Chapter 6: Embedding Matplotlib in Qt 4
  • Brief introduction to Qt 4 and PyQt4
  • Embedding a Matplotlib figure in a Qt window
    • Including a navigation toolbar
  • Real-time update of a Matplotlib graph
  • Embedding Matplotlib in a GUI made with Qt Designer
    • Designing the GUI using Qt Designer
    • Code to use the Qt Designer GUI
    • Introduction to signals and slots
    • Returning to the example
  • Summary

• Chapter 7: Embedding Matplotlib in wxWidgets
  • Brief introduction to wxWidgets and wxPython
  • Embedding a Matplotlib figure in a wxFrame
    • Including a navigation toolbar
  • Real-time plots update
  • Embedding Matplotlib in a GUI made with wxGlade
  • Summary

• Chapter 8: Matplotlib for the Web
  • Matplotlib and CGI
    • What is CGI
    • Configuring Apache for CGI execution
    • Simple CGI example
    • Matplotlib in a CGI script
    • Passing parameters to a CGI script
  • Matplotlib and mod_python
    • What is mod_python
    • Apache configuration for mod_python
    • Matplotlib in a mod_python example
    • Matplotlib and mod_python's Python Server Pages
  • Web Frameworks and MVC
  • Matplotlib and Django
    • What is Django
    • Matplotlib in a Django application
  • Matplotlib and Pylons
    • What is Pylons
    • Matplotlib in a Pylons application
  • Summary

• Chapter 9: Matplotlib in the Real World
  • Plotting data from a database
  • Plotting data from the Web
  • Plotting data by parsing an Apache log file
  • Plotting data from a CSV file
  • Plotting extrapolated data using curve fitting
  • Tools using Matplotlib
    • NetworkX
    • Mpmath
  • Plotting geographical data
    • First example
    • Using satellite background
    • Plot data over a map
    • Plotting shapefiles with Basemap
  • Summary

• Index

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