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Web App Development Made Simple with Streamlit

By : Rosario Moscato
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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

What are forms and when and why do we use them?

Streamlit forms is a feature that allows you to create interactive web forms in your Streamlit apps. These forms enable you to collect user input through different widgets such as textboxes, selects, checkboxes, and more. When a user submits a form, Streamlit automatically captures the input values and makes them available to your Python code.

Using Streamlit forms is simple. You can define the form boundaries with st.form() and add widgets within it. Streamlit provides a variety of input components that make it easy for users to enter information such as text input, number input, and so on. This integration with Python eliminates the need for manual form handling.

Streamlit forms offer customization options to improve the user experience. You can add labels, default values, and tooltips to guide users. Additionally, you can control a form’s layout and style to match your app’s design.

Form submission is always...