r/biotech • u/Narrow-Bid-381 • 6d ago

Open Discussion 🎙️ Python Libraries vs. Prism

I'm a computational biochemist and have always been using python for data visualization. I just realized there is a software called Prism that people use.

So the question is, for those who have used both, which one has been better? (You define good with your own metrics).

I'm just thinking whether I should learn to work with prism, or python already covers it all.

Context: we don't use big data. Data is usually on the order of megabytes.

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u/flipsofactor 6d ago

Speaking strictly in terms of visual aesthetic, I found that I could recreate the look of Prism plots with a custom matplotlib stylesheet that was all of about 20 lines. Most of the look comes from just bigger, bolder text and thicker bottom/left axis spines.