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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
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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

Exploring Streamlit’s Features and Functionality

This chapter is a beginner-friendly tutorial that introduces you to the core features and functionalities of the Streamlit Python framework, aiming to help you get started with the library quickly and easily. This chapter covers the basic concepts of Streamlit, such as creating and customizing widgets, laying out the user interface, and adding visualizations and charts.

By the end of this chapter, you should be able to create and run Streamlit apps and have a solid understanding of the library’s features and capabilities. This is the first hands-on step of our exciting journey together!

In this chapter, we’re going to cover the following main topics:

  • Installing and launching Streamlit
  • Streamlit features and widgets
  • DataFrames, plots, and visualizations
  • Date, time, and more