For a beginner, I think &quot;pythonxy&quot; is a good option.<div>Then you don&#39;t have to worry about the compatibility issue.</div><div><a href="http://www.pythonxy.com/">http://www.pythonxy.com/</a></div><div><br></div>
<div>and as for the plotting, you can use the following packages:</div><div>2D - Matplotlib or Gnuplot (both are good ... but, if you want Matlab kind of environment, try Matplotlib)</div><div>3D - Mayavi or Gnuplot (I think Gnuplot has some limitations in 3D plotting)</div>
<div><br></div><div>regards</div><div><div>zinka</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Sachin Kumar Sharma <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:SSharma84@slb.com">SSharma84@slb.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:</div>
<div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Thanks Alan,<br>
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On 11/18/2010 9:48 PM, Sachin Kumar Sharma wrote:<br>
&gt; Does graphic output like maps, histogram, crossplot, tornado charts is good enough with basic installation or needs some additional packages?<br>
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For the graphics, you should probably first consider Matplotlib.<br>
For your other questions, perhaps look at<br>
Python Scripting for Computational Science by Hans Petter Langtangen.<br>
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Alan Isaac<br>
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