Figure Object

Understanding the Figure object

Plotly is a fully fledged data visualization system that ships with more than fifty types of charts out of the box (for example, bar charts, scatterplots, and histograms). It supports 2D and 3D visualizations, ternary plots, maps, and more. The available options for customizing almost any aspect of our charts are very detailed and can be overwhelming. This, as they say, is a good problem to have!

We use charts to uncover certain characteristics of our data or the relationships between different datasets. However, pure data visualization would be meaningless if we didn’t know what is being visualized. Imagine a rectangle that has a bunch of dots on it with clear patterns. It would still be meaningless if we didn’t know what the $x$ ...