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Getting Started with Streamlit for Data Science

By : Tyler Richards
Book Image

Getting Started with Streamlit for Data Science

By: Tyler Richards

Overview of this book

Streamlit shortens the development time for the creation of data-focused web applications, allowing data scientists to create web app prototypes using Python in hours instead of days. Getting Started with Streamlit for Data Science takes a hands-on approach to helping you learn the tips and tricks that will have you up and running with Streamlit in no time. You'll start with the fundamentals of Streamlit by creating a basic app and gradually build on the foundation by producing high-quality graphics with data visualization and testing machine learning models. As you advance through the chapters, you’ll walk through practical examples of both personal data projects and work-related data-focused web applications, and get to grips with more challenging topics such as using Streamlit Components, beautifying your apps, and quick deployment of your new apps. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to create dynamic web apps in Streamlit quickly and effortlessly using the power of Python.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Section 1: Creating Basic Streamlit Applications
7
Section 2: Advanced Streamlit Applications
11
Section 3: Streamlit Use Cases

Technical requirements

In this section, we will utilize the website Goodreads.com, which is a popular website owned by Amazon, that is used to track everything about a user's reading habits, from when they started and finished books to what they would like to read next. It is recommended that you first head over to https://www.goodreads.com/, sign up for an account, and explore around a little (perhaps you can even add your own book lists!).