How to get started with data viz and Blender

blender_example.py

import bpy

#Add a light:
bpy.ops.object.light_add(type='AREA', align='WORLD', location=(2.8, -8, 14),)

data = [1,5,2,6]
barDist = 1.2

#Add a some cubes to create a bar chart from the data:
for row,bar in enumerate(data):
      bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_cube_add(size=1, enter_editmode=False, align='WORLD',
      location=(barDist*row, 3, -0.5),
      scale=(1, 1, 0.2))