newbie graphing recommendations ?

[bearophileHUGS at lycos.com]

Adam wrote:
> Where should a py newbie start to do some 2D graphs on screen ?
> PythonGraphApi,
> Gato, looks interesting
> pygraphlib,
> matplotlib,
> is there a best native Python place to start ?

The only good and simple way I have found so far to do some free
graphics with Python in a Window is using PyGame. (You can also use
TKinter, but it's slower).
MatPlotLib is very good to graph functions, datasets, etc. and to save
them to an image file.
There are other good libs if/when you want 3D graphics.

Bye,
bearophile