Python for data visualization

Training module on data visualization using Python tools

Downloading the data

For this tutorial, we will use two different datasets.

Datasaurus (optional)

We will use this dataset solely to illustrate certain theoretical concepts. Downloading this dataset is therefore optional.

To download the data:

https://www.kaggle.com/code/tombutton/datasaurus-dozen/input

Brain development fMRI

We will download this dataset using nilearn. Follow the instructions in the notebook.

Installation

🐍 Via conda

In your terminal:

1. Install the dependencies in your virtual environment

conda env create -f environment.yml

☀️ Via uv:

In your terminal:

1. Install uv

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

2. Check uv installation

uv -h

3. Create a virtual environment

uv venv visu-env --python=3.10

4. Activate your environment

source visu-env/bin/activate

5. Install the dependencies

uv pip install -r requirements.txt

Configure the virtual environment as a Jupyter notebook kernel

In your terminal:

python -m ipykernel install --user --name=visu-env --display-name "bhs_visu"