- Just like Prism is a program you download and install on your computer, all plotting in Python starts with downloading and installing packages, which contain expert-built, publication-quality graph plotting functionality.
- There are many plotting packages available in python, here are some of the top choices as of Nov. 2020:
- Matplotlib is kind of the default starting point for most people
- Once you learn one plotting package well it's easy to switch and try others, but its best to pick one and stick with it for a while rather than hop around
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download and install a fresh copy of Python: https://www.python.org/downloads/
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often times the builtin Python that comes with your computer is used for other things so its best not to mess with it
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open your terminal and enter:
python, and make sure you get the correct version you expect to confirm that it was installed properly -
note in Mac, you may have
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