Python libraries


Martin McBride, 2018-06-08

Some of the many useful libraries available to Python programmers:

  • pygame - create arcade style games.
  • numpy - learn to process large data arrays (such as images and sound) efficiently in Python using the numpy library.
  • matplotlib - an easy to use but powerful library for plotting graphs of various types.
  • pillow - batch processing images in Python.
  • Pycairo - Python high quality graphics library.
  • Flask - Simple Python web framework
  • cryptography - Cryptography library

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