A guide to building a front-end data application using Taipy, comparing it to Streamlit and Gradio, and providing a step-by-step implementation of a sales performance dashboard.
This article introduces Streamlit, a Python library for building data dashboards, as a solution for Python programmers to create graphical front-ends without needing to delve into CSS, HTML, or JavaScript. The author, a seasoned data engineer, explains how Streamlit and similar tools enable the creation of attractive dashboards, marking a shift from traditional tools like Tableau or Quicksight. This piece serves as the first in a series focusing on Streamlit, with future articles planned on Gradio and Taipy. The author aims to replicate similar layouts and functionalities across dashboards using consistent data.