Plotly

⏱ Quick start

Matplotlib is the most famous python data visualization library. It is widely used and most of other viz libraries (like seaborn) are actually built on top of it.

Once installed, matplotlib must be imported, usually using import matplotlib.pyplot as plt. You can then use use the functions available in the plt object.

The most basic area chart one can make with python and matplotlib

# library
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Create data
x=range(1,6)
y=[1,4,6,8,4]

# Area plot
plt.fill_between(x, y)
plt.show()

⏱ Saving a plotly chart

Once you've created a plotly chart you probably want to save it as a standalone html file in order to share it or embed it in another webpage.

This is the code allowing to save a plotly chart. You can read the full process here for instance.

fig.write_html("the/path/to/chart-name.html")

⏱ Embeding a plotly chart

Once the chart has been saved, you can embed it in a html document using:

<iframe
  src="the/path/to/chart-name.html"
  width="800"
  height="600"
  title="chart name"
  style="border:none">
</iframe>

Plotly graph gallery

Here is a glimpse of the plotly charts showcased in the gallery: