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		dummy_physicist on Nov 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What do you use for programmatic drawing? Graphviz for diagrams, R standard library for plots, and imageMagick for simple image creation or processing.

scotty79 on Nov 11, 2021 [–]

For charts Python with pyplot is very quick and easy.

But for arbitrary graphics I have no idea. I usually end up just launching Visual Studio, create new WinForms application and placing PictureBox component with empty bitmap or draw directly in OnPaint method of the Form.

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