Introduction to Data Visualization with Matplotlib

About this Course

Get started creating charts with the Python library, matplotlib, an industry-standard data visualization library. Matplotlib provides a way to easily generate a wide variety of plots and charts in a few lines of Python code. It is an open-source project that can be integrated into Python scripts, jupyter notebooks, web application servers, and multiple GUI toolkits. Whether you are exploring sample data available on the internet, or your own business data, learning matplotlib is a great place to start your data visualization journey.

What you'll learn

• Introduction to the Python matplotlib library
• Uses and reasons behind the selection of a particular chart type
• This course will introduce the user to the concepts of data visualization, which will help them to better understand business drivers and data trends
• Explores graph customization to further enhance data reporting and communicating meaning

Teacher

• Ken W. Alger

  Ken has a long history around computers starting with early Commodore PETs and VIC-20s. He enjoys discussing programming and how to get started in the tech industry and is a MongoDB Certified Developer.

  He lives in Oregon with his wife and three children. He can be found most places online @kenwalger.

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