Regarding ggplot, matplotlib and seaborn I found the opposite. If you want some pre-canned visualisation then ggplot2 is fantastic, but as soon as you stray awa

Regarding ggplot, matplotlib and seaborn I found the opposite. If you want some pre-canned visualisation then ggplot2 is fantastic, but as soon as you stray away from the examples it turns into a mess, you can't just drop down into base graphics but have to mess about with grob and grid. Whereas seaborn has similar pre-canned plots, but it's all built on matplotlib so you still have that flexibility if you want it.