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Matplotlib Tutorial
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.. sectionauthor:: Jake Vanderplas <vanderplas@astro.washington.edu>

This is a short matplotlib tutorial, centered on the IPython notebook,
created by Jake Vanderplas for `PyData NYC <http://nyc2012.pydata.org/>`_
in October 2012.

Table of Contents
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.. toctree::
   :numbered:
   :maxdepth: 2
   :glob:

   tutorial_pages/*


Other Useful Resources
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- **matplotlib documentation:** http://matplotlib.org/
  
  * The `gallery <http://matplotlib.org/gallery.html>`_ shows a very nice set of visual examles.
  * The `plotting commands summary <http://matplotlib.org/api/pyplot_summary.html>`_ is a very useful reference.

- **scipy lectures:** http://scipy-lectures.github.com/

  * See especially the `matplotlib tutorial <http://scipy-lectures.github.com/intro/matplotlib/matplotlib.html>`_ in these lectures.

Downloads
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- :download:`notebook tarball <_static/notebooks.tgz>`

The notebook tarball contains two directories, `notebooks` and `notebooks_ex`.
`notebooks` is the source of the information on this page: all code is filed-in
and plots are shown.  `notebooks_ex` are only partially filled-out, and meant
for interactive use during the live tutorial.