One "feature" that matplotlib (Python's 2D plotting library) has which makes it easy to jump into matplotlib is the huge section of working examples: <a href="http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/index.html">http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/index.html</a> and <a href="http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/gallery.html">http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/gallery.html</a> . From this, within a couple of days you can get minimally proficient with matplotlib. Having been (and continuing to be) a new user of Cython, I have found the learning curve to be very steep. The documentation online is pretty good (though it could use some work in places). Sometimes all it would take would be some working examples and the documentation would be completely clear. I taught myself the use of matplotlib through the old cut&paste and iterate method.<br>
<br>I find that the one thing that is consistently the most challenging about the Cython docs is the lack of distutils setup.py files for more interesting configurations. Without them it requires a certain amount of guessing, playing, and Googling to make sense of how the pieces are supposed to go together. A working examples section could be VERY helpful in this regards. Also, the options for the distutils extensions are not documented at all so far as I can tell. Since the docs were built with Sphinx, it ought to be pretty easy to pull in docstrings if they exist.<br>
<br>Just my 2 cents. I would be happy to work with you all to compile some simple examples for common uses - like the numpy convolve example for instance, and the integration example as well.<br><br>Regards,<br>Ian<br><br>
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