Python: Matplotlib

Matplotlib is THE Python library for creating visualisation. In addition to Matplotlib, seaborn is also widely used to create impressive visuals. In today's self study day, you will familiarise yourself with these two packages and further, get some hands-on practice with them, which will come in handy when you work on your creative brief.

Today's learning objectives

  • Learn Matplotlib, a widely used data visualisation library in Python and apply it to create simple graphs.

Please watch the following video to understand why a picture is worth a thousand words!

Blended Learning Code Academy - Introduction To Data visualization in Python (6 hours)

  • Please complete the Learn Data Visualization module in Code Academy which you can find here.

  • Please watch the following video and use the concepts learned to improve your visualization for the poster - Our world in data (SDGs).

  • Please continue with code academy courses that you are yet to complete. Check the self-assessment sheet for explicit requirements on what courses you are expected to have completed by week 8.