Matplotlib is better than nothing, but... as I understand it, it was inspired by Matlab's plotting - and therefore is a bit quirky when translated to the Python

Matplotlib is better than nothing, but... as I understand it, it was inspired by Matlab's plotting - and therefore is a bit quirky when translated to the Python paradigm. I use it tho. I think having a built-in web server via a visualization library that shows the graphs etc in a browser is 'optimal' -- because then, the whole crap of e.g. dealing with Tkinter to make your windows goes away. You achieve OS independence, and could even use lynx for text-only. The Python visualization space is vast. I believe 'something better' will shake out in the next few years.