1. What is Matplotlib?

Source

Matplotlib website Python Data Science Handbook

Matplotlib is a comprehensive library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python. It is a multi-platform data visualization library built on NumPy arrays and designed to work with the broader SciPy stack. It was conceived by John Hunter in 2002, originally as a patch to IPython for enabling interactive MATLAB-style plotting via gnuplot from the IPython command line.

Matplotlib capabilities

• CREATE: Develop publication quality plots with just a few lines of code.

• CUSTOMIZE: Take full control of line styles, font properties, axes properties, and so on.

• INTERACT: Use interactive figures that can zoom, pan, and update; export and embed to a number of file formats and interactive environments.

• EXTEND: Explore tailored functionality provided by third party packages.

• CROSS-PLATFORM: Support many operating systems and graphics backends.

• OPEN-SOURCE: Matplotlib is developed and maintained publicly on GitHub by a vibrant, responsive, and diverse community.