Using IPython Notebooks with matplotlib
Python virtual environments are the recommended way of working with Python projects. They keep your system, Python, and default libraries safe from disruption. We will continue this tradition in this book, but you are welcome to transcend tradition and utilize the matplotlib library and the provided code in whatever way you see fit.
Using the native venv Python environment management package, each project may define its own versions of dependent libraries, including those of matplotlib and IPython. The sample code for this book does just that—listing the dependencies in one or more requirements.txt files.
With the addition of the nbagg IPython Notebook backend to matplotlib in version 1.4, users can now work ...
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