On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Andre Walker-Loud <walksl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am thinking of creating a data analysis suite with python, and I want it > to be interactive - ie the program asks the user (me) for input, like which > data file to use, how many parameters to minimize, etc. There are a few > features I want it to have, like graphing, both the initial data as well as > results of my analysis, etc. If you are familiar with it, Matlab is close > to what I would like, a sort of all in one tool - but that is expensive > commercial software.
You might be interested in Sage: http://www.sagemath.org/index.html > 4) does anyone have strong recommendations for or against using matplotlib? > Is it low maintenance for producing graphs, or does it take lots of user > interaction? All the example pictures I see are very pretty, but it is not > clear how much effort is needed to generate them - or is it just a "well > know to those who know it well" thing? I have had good success with matlab. It doesn't take a lot of commands to create a graph. The documentation is extensive but a bit opaque - it can be hard to find out how to do something. The examples in the matplotlib gallery all have source code so you can judge for yourself how hard it is; http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/gallery.html Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
