Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to start when you don't know what to do

2013-01-15 Thread Oz Nahum Tiram
Hi Steven, First let me say, your question is great. It is humble and great too. Then, I would say, just do it. Sorry for the cliché, but programming is a lot of trial and error. If you don't do, you will not make errors, and you will not learn. But lucky for you, you live in the age of Internet.

Re: [Matplotlib-users] "Sorry, could not import Basemap" in http://matplotlib.org/users/screenshots.html

2013-01-15 Thread Michael Droettboom
Thanks. It should be restored momentarily when github fetches the new revision of the docs. Mike On 01/15/2013 11:52 AM, Alejandro Weinstein wrote: > Hi: > > I just want to report that in the screenshots section of the website > (http://matplotlib.org/users/screenshots.html), in the Basemap dem

Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to start when you don't know what to do

2013-01-15 Thread Oliver King
Hi Steven, I first look at what types of plots and axes are available out-of-the-box. The gallery and examples sections of the matplotlib webpage are good places to get ideas about what is possible when programming in this mode. If there isn't an existing axis type which works, I take one of t

Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to start when you don't know what to do

2013-01-15 Thread Paul Hobson
On Jan 15, 2013, at 20:52 , Steven Boada wrote: > > > Heyya list. > > > > I must admit that my matplotlib-foo is only so so. One of the biggest > > problems that I face is seeing cool stuff around the net, and thinking, > > "that's pretty neat, I'd like to copy it." In reality, I have no idea > >

Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to start when you don't know what to do

2013-01-15 Thread Andrew Smart
Do you happen to have a really good programmer nearby? I usually do a ton of dumb trial and error for a week, banging my head against the wall, until my super good programmer colleague comes over and goes "goddammit what are you trying to do?", then in like 2 minutes he shows me where I went wrong.

Re: [Matplotlib-users] How to start when you don't know what to do

2013-01-15 Thread Nicolas Rougier
I do exactly that from time to time (copying a graphic) and I always start looking at the matplotlib gallery (http://matplotlib.org/gallery.html) for what is the most similar figure and starts from here (after removing what is not necessary). Most important is identifying the kind of axis nece

[Matplotlib-users] How to start when you don't know what to do

2013-01-15 Thread Steven Boada
Heyya list. I must admit that my matplotlib-foo is only so so. One of the biggest problems that I face is seeing cool stuff around the net, and thinking, "that's pretty neat, I'd like to copy it." In reality, I have no idea how I would go about creating something like that. Here's an example:

[Matplotlib-users] "Sorry, could not import Basemap" in http://matplotlib.org/users/screenshots.html

2013-01-15 Thread Alejandro Weinstein
Hi: I just want to report that in the screenshots section of the website (http://matplotlib.org/users/screenshots.html), in the Basemap demo (http://matplotlib.org/users/screenshots.html#basemap-demo) section, instead of the plot there is a message saying "Sorry, could not import Basemap". Alejan