WORKING WITH SEABORN

Seaborn is a Python library for data visualization that also provides a high-level interface to Matplotlib. Seaborn is easier to work with than Matplotlib, and actually extends Matplotlib, but keep in mind that Seaborn is not as powerful as Matplotlib.

Seaborn addresses two challenges of Matplotlib. The first involves the default Matplotlib parameters. Seaborn works with different parameters, which provides greater flexibility than the default rendering of Matplotlib plots. Seaborn addresses the limitations of the Matplotlib default values for features such as colors, tick marks on the upper and right axes, and the style (among others).

In addition, Seaborn makes it easier to plot entire data frames (somewhat like Pandas) than doing so in Matplotlib. Nevertheless, since Seaborn extends Matplotlib, knowledge of the latter (discussed in Chapter 6) is advantageous and will simplify your learning curve.

Features of Seaborn

Seaborn provides a nice set of features and useful...