Summary  
This chapter introduces a high-level plotting library that simplifies creation of statistical graphics through a concise interface, built-in styling, and seamless integration with tabular data.

General domain of usage  
Statistical data visualization

**Seaborn** is a high-level plotting library based on `matplotlib`. Let's have a look at its advantages in comparison to `matplotlib`:
* simpler interface;
* a wide range of default styles and color palettes; 
* works well with `pandas` DataFrame;
* a wide range of built-in statistical functions.

Here is an example of a plot created using `seaborn` with just one line of code:

Apparently, everything you can accomplish using `seaborn` can be also done with `matplotlib`, yet it may often take more time and effort. 

Note

However, `matplotlib` being a rather **low-level** library in comparison, offers more **flexibility** for your plots, so if you need to create a rather unique plot with a lot of customizations, `matplotlib` is still the best choice.

import unittest
import inspect
import ast
import user_code  # The user's script with `import seaborn as sns`

def _dynamic_test(test_case, condition, success_message, failure_message):
    if condition:
        test_case._testMethodName = success_message
        test_case.assertTrue(True, success_message)
    else:
        test_case._testMethodName = failure_message
        test_case.fail(failure_message)

class TestSeabornImport(unittest.TestCase):
    
    @classmethod
    def setUpClass(cls):
        source = inspect.getsource(user_code)
        cls.tree = ast.parse(source)

        cls.imports = [
            node for node in ast.walk(cls.tree)
            if isinstance(node, ast.Import)
        ]

        cls.seaborn_import = next(
            (imp for imp in cls.imports
             for alias in imp.names
             if alias.name == 'seaborn' and alias.asname == 'sns'),
            None
        )

    def test_seaborn_is_imported_with_alias(self):
        _dynamic_test(
            self,
            self.seaborn_import is not None,
            "seaborn is imported with alias sns",
            "seaborn is not imported with alias sns"
        )

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()


test_seaborn_import.py

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