Interactive Data Visualiation - Python

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I've been working with data visualization using Python. To do such think, I've been using Matplotlib to get the visualizations. However, now I have some demand to provide more interactive visualization, besides a complete GUI. I'm wondering how could I do such thing without losing all work done so far in Python, i.e., if there is some tool for Python to do such thing or if I have to go to D3 or something like it. Here there is an example of what I have to achieve. I'm not building an web app, I just need to provide a good GUI and data interaction.

Thank you in advance.

d3 would be a good solution if you're building a web app, but I think it would be hard to use with a regular python script — yuvi
– yuvi, Commented Feb 28, 2014 at 18:07

jmetz · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-01 00:11:50Z

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As well as targeting a web app using frameworks as suggested by mwaskom, you could try data visualization / plotting libraries that offer more interactivity than matplotlib, such as

I've used PyQtGraph myself in several small projects.

answered Mar 1, 2014 at 0:11

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pceccon Over a year ago

Hi, @jmetz. Thank you for your answer. This packages is useful for building GUIs or to do such thing I should user another library? I have to provide both. Thank you.

jmetz Over a year ago

PyQtGraph has included classes that will create the GUI for you, and pyqwt provides a qt widget which can be embedded in any Qt UI.

mwaskom · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-28 18:14:16Z

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You could check out the mpld3 project, which aims to provide a translation between matplotlib graphics and d3. It's pretty new and rapidly developing, but it's worth at least keeping an eye on.

For a different approach, there's the vincent library, which has its own API but similarly produces d3 (by way of Vega) for making graphics that target the web in Python.

answered Feb 28, 2014 at 18:14

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