Matplotlib learning path

Advanced Matplotlib

Heatmaps, two y axes, complex layouts, 3D surfaces and animations, then put it all together in a dashboard project.

6 lessons

Draw a heatmap of a 2D table with ax.imshow, a colormap, a colorbar and a value in each cell.

Plot two measures with different units on one chart using a second y axis from ax.twinx.

Build figures with charts of different sizes using plt.subplot_mosaic and width and height ratios.

Draw 3D surfaces and wireframes with projection="3d", plot_surface and view_init.

Animate a chart frame by frame with FuncAnimation and save it as a GIF.

Combine line, bar and histogram charts, annotations and a style into a 2 × 2 sales dashboard.