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Interactive Dashboards and Data Apps with Plotly and Dash

You're reading from   Interactive Dashboards and Data Apps with Plotly and Dash Harness the power of a fully fledged frontend web framework in Python – no JavaScript required

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800568914
Length 364 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Elias Dabbas Elias Dabbas
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Building a Dash App
2. Chapter 1: Overview of the Dash Ecosystem FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Exploring the Structure of a Dash App 4. Chapter 3: Working with Plotly's Figure Objects 5. Chapter 4: Data Manipulation and Preparation, Paving the Way to Plotly Express 6. Section 2: Adding Functionality to Your App with Real Data
7. Chapter 5: Interactively Comparing Values with Bar Charts and Dropdown Menus 8. Chapter 6: Exploring Variables with Scatter Plots and Filtering Subsets with Sliders 9. Chapter 7: Exploring Map Plots and Enriching Your Dashboards with Markdown 10. Chapter 8: Calculating the Frequency of Your Data with Histograms and Building Interactive Tables 11. Section 3: Taking Your App to the Next Level
12. Chapter 9: Letting Your Data Speak for Itself with Machine Learning 13. Chapter 10: Turbo-charge Your Apps with Advanced Callbacks 14. Chapter 11: URLs and Multi-Page Apps 15. Chapter 12: Deploying Your App 16. Chapter 13: Next Steps 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

We focused mainly on bar charts in this chapter. We also used Dropdown components in several ways. We saw the pros and cons of using horizontal and vertical orientation, and we actually implemented both in our app. We then analyzed the different ways in which multiple bar charts can be displayed together, and we implemented one showing the proportions of a total value. We then explored facets and saw how they enrich our figures and make them flexible and scalable. We also linked that to dropdowns, which allow multiple selections. After making sure that everything is working fine, we gave our app a facelift by choosing a new theme and making sure that all background colors are consistent. We also managed the layout for different screen sizes by setting different sizes for our figures for different screen sizes. A few helpful messages were added to make the app easier to use. Finally, we took a screenshot of the resulting app!

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