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Interactive Dashboards and Data Apps with Plotly and Dash

By : Elias Dabbas
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Interactive Dashboards and Data Apps with Plotly and Dash

By: Elias Dabbas

Overview of this book

Plotly's Dash framework is a life-saver for Python developers who want to develop complete data apps and interactive dashboards without JavaScript, but you'll need to have the right guide to make sure you’re getting the most of it. With the help of this book, you'll be able to explore the functionalities of Dash for visualizing data in different ways. Interactive Dashboards and Data Apps with Plotly and Dash will first give you an overview of the Dash ecosystem, its main packages, and the third-party packages crucial for structuring and building different parts of your apps. You'll learn how to create a basic Dash app and add different features to it. Next, you’ll integrate controls such as dropdowns, checkboxes, sliders, date pickers, and more in the app and then link them to charts and other outputs. Depending on the data you are visualizing, you'll also add several types of charts, including scatter plots, line plots, bar charts, histograms, and maps, as well as explore the options available for customizing them. By the end of this book, you'll have developed the skills you need to create and deploy an interactive dashboard, handle complexities and code refactoring, and understand the process of improving your application.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Section 1: Building a Dash App
6
Section 2: Adding Functionality to Your App with Real Data
11
Section 3: Taking Your App to the Next Level

Chapter 12: Deploying Your App

We have done a lot of work, and I'm sure you are looking forward to sharing that work with the world. With the app in its current state, we will go through the process of setting up a server and deploying the app on a public address.

Essentially, what we will be doing is moving our data and code to a different computer and running the app in a similar way to what we have done so far. However, we need to set up a hosting account, a server, and a Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) in order for our app to be publicly available and visible. We will also need to establish a basic workflow for a development, deployment, and update cycle.

We will take a brief look at the Git source control management system, as well as do some basic Linux system administration. We will cover just enough to get our app online, and we won't even be scratching the surface of what can be done with those systems—I only mention them as a reference for further...