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update(bar-basic): pygal — comprehensive quality review (#4214)
## Summary Updated **pygal** implementation for **bar-basic**. ### Changes - Data spread widened for clearer ranking differences - Font sizes increased for readability - Added `rounded_bars=2` for subtle corner rounding - Grid line color made more subtle ## Test Plan - [x] Preview images uploaded to GCS staging - [x] Implementation file passes ruff format/check - [x] Metadata YAML updated with current versions - [ ] Automated review triggered --- Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) `/update` command --------- Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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""" pyplots.ai
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bar-basic: Basic Bar Chart
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Library: pygal 3.1.0 | Python 3.13.11
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Quality: 91/100 | Created: 2025-12-23
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Library: pygal 3.1.0 | Python 3.14
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Quality: 88/100 | Created: 2025-12-23
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"""
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import pygal
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from pygal.style import Style
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# Data - Quarterly sales by product category
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categories = ["Electronics", "Clothing", "Home & Garden", "Sports", "Books", "Toys"]
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values = [45200, 32800, 28500, 19700, 15300, 12400]
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# Data - Quarterly website traffic by channel (non-monotonic for diversity)
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categories = ["Organic Search", "Direct", "Social Media", "Email", "Referral", "Paid Ads", "Affiliates"]
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values = [142500, 98700, 87300, 53200, 41800, 72600, 18900]
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# Custom style using PyPlots color palette
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# Identify the leader for emphasis
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max_idx = values.index(max(values))
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total = sum(values)
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highlight_color = "#306998"
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base_color = "#A8C4D8"
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# Build per-bar data — highlight leader, muted for the rest
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# Add percentage share as label for the leader bar to tell the data story
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bar_data = []
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for i, v in enumerate(values):
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entry = {"value": v, "color": highlight_color if i == max_idx else base_color}
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if i == max_idx:
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entry["formatter"] = lambda x: f"★ {x:,.0f} ({x / total:.0%} of total)"
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bar_data.append(entry)
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# Custom style — refined for publication quality
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custom_style = Style(
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background="white",
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plot_background="white",
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foreground="#333333",
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foreground_strong="#333333",
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foreground_subtle="#666666",
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colors=("#306998",), # Python Blue for all bars
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title_font_size=48,
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label_font_size=38,
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major_label_font_size=38,
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foreground="#2C3E50",
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foreground_strong="#2C3E50",
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foreground_subtle="#E8E8E8",
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colors=(highlight_color,),
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title_font_size=52,
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label_font_size=34,
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major_label_font_size=34,
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value_font_size=32,
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value_label_font_size=32,
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legend_font_size=38,
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legend_font_size=34,
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title_font_family="sans-serif",
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label_font_family="sans-serif",
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value_font_family="sans-serif",
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)
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# Create chart
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# Create chart with tighter margins for better canvas utilization
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chart = pygal.Bar(
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width=4800,
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height=2700,
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title="bar-basic · pygal · pyplots.ai",
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x_title="Category",
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y_title="Sales ($)",
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title="bar-basic · pygal · pyplots.ai\nOrganic Search dominates Q4 2025 traffic at 28% share",
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x_title="Channel",
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y_title="Visits (Q4 2025)",
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style=custom_style,
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show_legend=False,
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print_values=True,
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print_values_position="top",
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value_formatter=lambda x: f"${x:,.0f}",
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value_formatter=lambda x: f"{x:,.0f}",
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show_y_guides=True,
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show_x_guides=False,
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margin=50,
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spacing=30,
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margin=20,
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margin_bottom=80,
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margin_left=30,
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margin_right=30,
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spacing=18,
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rounded_bars=6,
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truncate_label=-1,
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x_label_rotation=0,
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show_minor_y_labels=False,
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y_labels_major_every=1,
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)
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# Y-axis ticks
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chart.y_labels = [0, 30000, 60000, 90000, 120000, 150000]
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# Add data
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chart.x_labels = categories
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chart.add("Sales", values)
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chart.add("Visits", bar_data)
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# Save outputs
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# Save
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chart.render_to_png("plot.png")
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chart.render_to_file("plot.html")

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