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Books, Chapters and Articles¶

Matplotlib for Python Developers by Sandro Tosi
Matplotlib chapter by John Hunter and Michael Droettboom in The Architecture of Open Source Applications
Graphics with Matplotlib by David J. Raymond
Ten Simple Rules for Better Figures by Nicolas P. Rougier, Michael Droettboom and Philip E. Bourne

Videos¶

Getting started with Matplotlib by unpingco
Plotting with matplotlib by Mike Müller
Introduction to NumPy and Matplotlib by Eric Jones
Anatomy of Matplotlib by Benjamin Root

Tutorials¶

Matplotlib tutorial by Nicolas P. Rougier
Anatomy of Matplotlib - IPython Notebooks by Benjamin Root