Prototyping Python Dashboards for Scientists and Engineers: Build and Deploy a Complete Dashboard with Python

Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Working with Python
	Coding Design: Python and OOD
	Python Data Types
		Lists, Tuples, and Sets
		Dictionaries
		Series
		Dataframes
			Building Dataframes
			Accessing Dataframe Rows and Columns
			Using loc[ ] and iloc[ ] to Access by Position
			Filtering – Extracting Elements by Value
	The Spyder IDE
	Summary
Chapter 2: Reactive Programming with PLOTLY and DASH
	Getting Started with PLOTLY
	Getting Started with DASH
	Summary
Chapter 3: Working with Online Data
	About the ATADS Dataset
	ATADS Screen Scraping
	Converting Excel to CSV with Data Cleanup
	Managing and Keeping Our Files Up to Date
	Summary
Chapter 4: Planning the Dashboard Prototype
	Overview
	Project Tasks
	Trends and Forecasts
	Other Design Considerations
	Summary
Chapter 5: Our First Dashboard
	The atads.py File
	The atads_layout Class
	The atads_figures Class
		Initialization
			Variable Name Management
			Miscellaneous Variable Initialization
		Class Methods
			I/O and Variable Name Utilities
			The update_mainchart() Method
			Methods for Drawing Raw and Smoothed Data
			Methods to Enhance Chart Visual Appeal
			Methods to Add Polynomial Curve Fits
	Fine-Tuning with CSS
	Summary
Chapter 6: Dashboard Enhancements
	Adding the Banner and the  Instruction Panels
	Monthly and Weekday Histogram Panels
	The Spectrum Panel
	Quantifying Weekly and Seasonal Effects
	The Final ATADS Dashboard
	Summary
Chapter 7: Hosting an Application on a UNIX Server
	Creating the Python Environment
	Running a Flask Application
	Using uWSGI
	Using GUNICORN
	Summary
Chapter 8: Deploying Your Project As a UNIX Service
	Creating a Hello World System Service
	Using NGINX to Share Your Hello World App
	Adding the Dashboard Project to Your Server
	Creating the Dashboard System Service and Deploying with NGINX
	Securing Your Server
	Summary
Chapter 9: The BTS T100 Dataset: Interacting Controls and Tables
	The BTS T100dm Dataset
	Prototyping a T100dm Display
	Managing Modes and Interacting Menus
	Figures and Tables
	Summary
Chapter 10: Creating a Web Portal
	Troubleshooting WordPress
	Summary
Chapter 11: Using Our Dashboard for Data Visualization and Analysis
	Airport Type, Trends, and Location
	Airshows and Seasonal – Using Spectra
	Incorporating Models
	Media, Presentations, Reports, and Projects
	Summary
Chapter 12: Afterword
Appendix A: Utilities for Managing ATADS Data
	Notes
		Data Update Process
Index