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Web App Development Made Simple with Streamlit

By : Rosario Moscato
Book Image

Web App Development Made Simple with Streamlit

By: Rosario Moscato

Overview of this book

This book is a comprehensive guide to the Streamlit open-source Python library and simplifying the process of creating web applications. Through hands-on guidance and realistic examples, you’ll progress from crafting simple to sophisticated web applications from scratch. This book covers everything from understanding Streamlit's central principles, modules, basic features, and widgets to advanced skills such as dealing with databases, hashes, sessions, and multipages. Starting with fundamental concepts like operation systems virtualization, IDEs, development environments, widgets, scripting, and the anatomy of web apps, the initial chapters set the groundwork. You’ll then apply this knowledge to develop some real web apps, gradually advancing to more complex apps, incorporating features like natural language processing (NLP), computer vision, dashboards with interactive charts, file uploading, and much more. The book concludes by delving into the implementation of advanced skills and deployment techniques. By the end of this book, you’ll have transformed into a proficient developer, equipped with advanced skills for handling databases, implementing secure login processes, managing session states, creating multipage applications, and seamlessly deploying them on the cloud.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Part 1: Getting Started with Streamlit
5
Part 2: Building a Basic Web App for Essential Streamlit Skills
10
Part 3: Developing Advanced Skills with a Covid-19 Detection Tool
15
Part 4: Advanced Techniques for Secure and Customizable Web Applications

Understanding the logic behind the login and signup page

When a user creates an account on a website or application, they are typically asked to provide a username and password. The username is a unique identifier for the user, while the password is a secret that only the user should know.

The website or application then stores the username and password in a database. However, the password is not stored in plain text. Instead, it’s converted into a hash. A hash is a one-way function, meaning that it is easy to calculate the hash of a password, but it is very difficult to reverse the process and calculate the password from the hash.

This is done for security reasons. If a hacker were to gain access to the database, they would not be able to read the passwords in plain text. They would only be able to read the hashes. Even if the hacker knew the hashing algorithm used, it would still be very difficult for them to crack the password.

When a user logs in, they are asked...