> Areas Where You Should Still Use MATLAB®<p>says like "python doesn't have ... Graphical capabilities". Well there is Ipython and Jupyter. Check them out. They provide interactive worksheets such as MATLAB. This codes got pretty mature in the last year's. Bonus point: They are web based and thus network transparent. This is why there are sites such as the "Microsoft Azure Notebook" cloud. Furthermore, jupyterhub gives you a similar IDE GUI as MATLAB does.<p>An actual reason why MATLAB may still be relevant is the amount of legacy code and it's library ecosystem. Since I never actively used MATLAB, I cannot say anything there.