You're reading from Web App Development Made Simple with Streamlit A web developer's guide to effortless web app development, deployment, and scalability

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835086315

Length 350 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Streamlit

Concepts

Web Programming

Author (1):

Rosario Moscato

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Getting Started with Streamlit

2. Chapter 1: Getting to Know Streamlit – A Brief Overview FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Setting Up the Python Coding Environment

4. Chapter 3: Exploring Streamlit’s Features and Functionality

5. Part 2: Building a Basic Web App for Essential Streamlit Skills

6. Chapter 4: Streamlit Essentials – Configuring the Environment, Managing Packages, and More

7. Chapter 5: Organizing and Displaying Content with Columns, Expanders, and NLP Techniques

8. Chapter 6: Implementing NLP Techniques for Text Analysis and Processing in Streamlit

9. Chapter 7: Sharing and Deploying Your Apps on the Cloud Using Streamlit Share

10. Part 3: Developing Advanced Skills with a Covid-19 Detection Tool

11. Chapter 8: Advanced Environment Setup and Package Management for Building an AI-Powered Web App

12. Chapter 9: Optimizing Streamlit Web App UX with Customization and UI Features

13. Chapter 10: Utilizing Pretrained Models to Create Specialized and Personalized Web Applications

14. Chapter 11: Deploying and Managing Complex Libraries on Streamlit Share

15. Part 4: Advanced Techniques for Secure and Customizable Web Applications

16. Chapter 12: Smart File Uploading – Advanced Techniques for Professional Web Applications

17. Chapter 13: Creating a Secure Login and Signup Process for Web Applications

18. Chapter 14: Customizing Pages, Personalizing Themes, and Implementing Multi-Pages

19. Chapter 15: Enhancing Web Apps with Forms, Session State, and Customizable Subdomains

20. Chapter 16: Takeaways and Conclusion

21. Index

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Setting up the OS

It’s extremely important to have a very well-working environment. The OS is the place where everything is supposed to run. Even if the first choice we are asked to make is in regard to the OS to be used, we can say that from this point of view, we are lucky, because Streamlit is a framework in Python. This programming language works more or less on any OS, so we are really free to select what we want – for example, macOS, Windows, any Linux distribution, or, if you like, even any BSD flavor.

For several reasons that we are going to explain shortly, we prefer Ubuntu, and if you are concerned about its usage or about installing it, take it easy because first of all, it’s really easy to use. And, if you don’t want to, you don’t need to install it on your machine as an exclusive and unique OS as you can use virtualization software, a very useful tool that makes it possible to run an OS inside another OS! Moreover, knowing how to manage...