📘 Complete Matplotlib Tutorial (100+ Pages)
Part I: Foundations (Chapters 1–6)
1. Introduction to Matplotlib
o What Matplotlib is, why it matters
o Installation & setup
o Comparison with other visualization libraries
2. Basic Plotting
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o Line styles, markers, colors
o Simple line charts
3. Figure & Axes
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o Understanding the object-oriented API
o Multiple plots in one figure
4. Labels & Titles
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o Font customization
o Adding annotations
5. Legends
o [Link]()
o Positioning legends
o Customizing legend entries
6. Saving Figures
o [Link]()
o File formats (PNG, PDF, SVG)
o DPI and quality settings
Part II: Core Plot Types (Chapters 7–15)
7. Line Plots
o Multiple lines
o Styling lines
o Adding grids
8. Bar Charts
o Vertical & horizontal bars
o Grouped & stacked bars
o Error bars
9. Histograms
o Frequency distributions
o Density plots
o Custom bins
10. Scatter Plots
o Basic scatter
o Color mapping
o Bubble charts
11. Pie Charts
o Basic pie chart
o Exploded slices
o Donut charts
12. Box Plots
o Distribution visualization
o Customizing whiskers
o Multiple box plots
13. Area Plots
o Stacked area charts
o Transparency
o Filled curves
14. Heatmaps
o Using imshow()
o Color maps
o Annotated heatmaps
15. Error Bars
o [Link]()
o Confidence intervals
o Custom error styles
Part III: Advanced Techniques (Chapters 16–22)
16. Customization
o Colors, styles, themes
o rcParams configuration
17. Subplots & Layouts
o [Link]()
o plt.subplots_adjust()
o GridSpec
18. 3D Plotting
o mpl_toolkits.mplot3d
o 3D scatter, surface, wireframe
19. Animations
o FuncAnimation
o Dynamic plots
o Saving animations
20. Interactive Plots
o Using %matplotlib notebook
o Zooming & panning
o Event handling
21. Advanced Color Maps
o Sequential, diverging, categorical
o Custom colormaps
22. Integration with Pandas & NumPy
o Plotting directly from DataFrames
o NumPy arrays with Matplotlib
Part IV: Applied Projects (Chapters 23–28)
23. Case Study: Financial Data Visualization
o Stock price trends
o Candlestick charts
24. Case Study: Scientific Data
o Experimental results
o Error bars & confidence intervals
25. Case Study: Machine Learning Visualization
o Decision boundaries
o Confusion matrices
26. Case Study: Real-Time Data
o Streaming plots
o Updating figures dynamically
27. Case Study: Geographic Data
o Heatmaps over coordinates
o Integration with Basemap/Cartopy
28. Case Study: Dashboard-style Visualizations
o Combining multiple plots
o Layout optimization
Part V: Professional Practice (Chapters 29–30)
29. Best Practices
o Choosing the right plot
o Avoiding misleading visuals
o Clean design principles
30. Career Applications
o Matplotlib in data science interviews
o Matplotlib in production workflows
o Building a visualization portfolio
📑 Expansion & Depth
Each chapter includes:
o Theory (concepts explained clearly)
o Code examples (Python snippets)
o Exercises (practice problems)
At ~3–4 pages per chapter × 30 chapters = 90–120 pages.
This gives you a complete Matplotlib textbook-style tutorial.