GooPyCharts vs Matplotlib

May 25, 2016 ยท View on GitHub

Advantages

  • Tooltips! (You highlight a point on the graph and it tells you what the point is)
  • Much simpler and more intuitive API. I tried to go more MATLAB, less matplotlib
  • Better zooming
  • Prettier
  • Integrates well with the web. It is very simple to embed a graph produced by GooPyCharts into a webpage (just copy the HTML, if you are interested in doing this and have questions, just ask).
  • Easy to export to image/CSV
  • Works without numpy - just uses Python lists

Disadvantages

  • Limited features. Matplotlib has a lot more features and is overall much more powerful
  • Dynamic graph resizing
  • Performance - Matplotlib handles large amounts of data better