testbed/matplotlib__matplotlib/galleries/tutorials/index.rst

.. _tutorials:

Tutorials
=========

This page contains a few tutorials for using Matplotlib.  For the old tutorials, see :ref:`below <user_guide_tutorials>`.

For shorter examples, see our :ref:`examples page <examples-index>`.
You can also find :ref:`external resources <resources-index>` and
a :ref:`FAQ <faq-index>` in our :ref:`user guide <users-guide-index>`.


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.. _user_guide_tutorials:

User guide tutorials
--------------------

Many of our tutorials were moved from this section to :ref:`users-guide-index`:

Introductory
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- :ref:`quick_start`
- :ref:`customizing`
- :ref:`animations`

Intermediate
~~~~~~~~~~~~

- :ref:`legend_guide`
- :ref:`color_cycle`
- :ref:`constrainedlayout_guide`
- :ref:`tight_layout_guide`
- :ref:`arranging_axes`
- :ref:`autoscale`
- :ref:`imshow_extent`

Advanced
~~~~~~~~

- :ref:`blitting`
- :ref:`paths`
- :ref:`patheffects_guide`
- :ref:`transforms_tutorial`

Colors
~~~~~~

See :ref:`tutorials-colors`.

Text
~~~~

See :ref:`tutorials-text`.

Toolkits
~~~~~~~~

See :ref:`tutorials-toolkits`.