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Use the fitbit api v1.2 to access your health sleep heart data

Plot your Fitbit data in Python (API v1.2)

Introduction Sleeping, and python. Two of my favourite things, when combined with the the Python Fitbit library, Matplotlib, and Pandas, can generate informative plots of your sleeping habits! This post explores how we can pull date from the Fitbit API, create a Pandas Dataframe, and then plot the results. In this tutorial, I’ve used Python …

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Make Better Bar Charts in Python using Pandas Plot

Nothing beats the bar plot for fast data exploration and comparison of variable values between different groups, or building a story around how groups of data are composed. The ability to render a bar plot quickly and easily from data in Pandas DataFrames is a key skill for any data scientist working in Python.

In this tutorial, we’ll examine every aspect of creating bar charts with the Pandas library in Python.

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Compare the Best Data Visualisation Libraries for Python and Pandas

Anyone familiar with the use of Python for data science and analysis projects has googled some combination of “plotting in python”, “data visualisation in python”, “barcharts in python” at some point. It’s not uncommon to end up lost in a sea of competing libraries, confused and alone, and just to go home again! The purpose …

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Read CSV data quickly into Pandas DataFrames with read_csv

CSV (comma-separated value) files are a common file format for transferring and storing data. The ability to read, manipulate, and write data to and from CSV files using Python is a key skill to master for any data scientist or business analysis. In this post, we’ll go over what CSV files are, how to read CSV files into Pandas DataFrames, and how to write DataFrames back to CSV files post analysis.