Libraries
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Matplotlib, Seaborn, etc.
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`Matplotlib <https://matplotlib.org>`_ is the *original* plotting library for Python.
Its high level interface is intentionally consistent with `MATLAB <https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/plot.html>`_.

`Seaborn <https://seaborn.pydata.org>`_ is built on top of Matplotlib and offers a 
richer aesthetic with a focus on statistical visualizations. `Cartopy <https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy/docs/latest/>`_
similarly builds on Matplotlib with respect to geospatial data.


Bokeh
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`Bokeh <https://bokeh.pydata.org/en/latest/>`_ is an interactive visualization library that
targets modern web browsers for presentation. Its goal is to provide elegant, concise construction
of versatile graphics, and to extend this capability with high-performance interactivity over very
large or streaming datasets. Bokeh can help anyone who would like to quickly and easily create interactive
plots, dashboards, and data applications.


Plotly
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The `plotly <https://plot.ly/python/>`_ Python library (plotly.py) is an interactive, open-source
plotting library that supports over 40 unique chart types covering a wide range of statistical, financial,
geographic, scientific, and 3-dimensional use-cases.


D3.js, Vega, Vega-lite, Altair
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`D3.js <https://d3js.org>`_ is a JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. D3 helps you
bring data to life using HTML, SVG, and CSS. D3’s emphasis on web standards gives you the full capabilities
of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary framework, combining powerful visualization
components and a data-driven approach to DOM manipulation.

`Vega <https://vega.github.io/vega/>`_ and `Vega-lite <https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/>`_ provide a
high-level interface for specifying D3.js charts. `Altair <https://altair-viz.github.io>`_ is a Python
interface to Vega.