Not read it myself but 'Matplotlib for Python Developers' might be what you're after - see review http://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=1222
Best way to learn Matplotlib is to use a good IDE like Spyder. I find it much easier than IPython. http://code.google.com/p/spyderlib/ Installing Python(x,y) is the easiest way to set it all up. Doug Wayne Watson wrote: > > > > > > > > Thanks for the info. I'm semi-resistant to ipython. I tried if for a > few hours, and it seemed a bit too much like linux. Years ago I used > linux a lot, and enjoyed it. I'll consider it. Windows is the game now. > > Yes, actual use is good, but the needed imports seem a bit baffling. > scipy, pylab, matplotlib, ...? What components do I only need for a > particular use? > > The videos you mentioned could be helpful. > > I do not belong to any group, and my small town is a long way from any > educational resources.What I learn is from a few books, FAQs, and > recently the MPL Guide. Within a 50 mile radius, I know exactly one > other person who knows Python. He's a very bright high school student. > > On 2/9/2010 10:33 PM, Gökhan Sever wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Wayne Watson > < sierra_mtnv...@sbcglobal.net > > wrote: > Subject > is the question. > > As I see it, it's useful to know MatLab. A simple query with matplotlib > tutorial shows a number of hits. The first, reference to v0.99.a > documentation barely qualifies. Examples galore and a pretty minimal > introduction. In the first 10 or so hits ther's a blog and mention of a > video. The blog may appeal to some, but it seems unelementary. The video > basically asks to sign in. Who knows where that goes? I've seen a few > videos for MPL, but they all look tied into $$. > > I've made some reasonable progress on MPL, but am still far short of > being confident of using it. Too much try this and see. > > I know of exactly one book on MPL ( for scientists. sounds interesting). > It was published recently by a foreign author. It is not yet widely > distributed. > > Your turn. Comments? > -- > "Crime is way down. War is declining. And that's far from the good > news." -- Steven Pinker (and other sources) Why is this true, but yet > the media says otherwise? The media knows very well how to manipulate us > (see limbic, emotion, $$). -- WTW > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as > DTrace, > Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW > http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > > > > > For me best way to learn is to use it actually :) Especially on > homework and projects. Mailing lists are also very helpful as you are > already doing. > > Try with ipython --pylab option. > > Also check SciPy09 ( http://conference.scipy.org/SciPy2009/ ) > videos. There are one introductory and advanced tutorials that you can > see online (without registering) or downloading to your computer. > > > > -- > Gökhan > > > -- > "Crime is way down. War is declining. And that's far from the good > news." -- Steven Pinker (and other sources) > Why is this true, but yet the media says otherwise? The media > knows very well how to manipulate us (see limbic, emotion, $$). -- WTW > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, > Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW > http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/How-Does--One-Learn-to-Use-MatPlotLib--tp27525289p27564958.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
