Matplotlib 2.0 features many improvements, including the appearance of default styles, image support, and text rendering speed. We have selected a number of important changes to highlight later. The details of all new changes can be found on the documentation site at http://matplotlib.org/devdocs/users/whats_new.html.

If you are already using previous versions of Matplotlib, you may want to pay more attention to this section to update your coding habits. If you are totally new to Matplotlib or even Python, you may jump ahead to start using Matplotlib first and revisit here later.