Introduction to Plotly and Dash in Python#
This chapter provides a brief introduction to Plotly and Dash Python libraries. It will allow you to:
Set up your Python working environment
Create your first interactive charts using Plotly
Get a better understanding of the Figure objects: how to create them, manipulate them, and export them.
Technical requirements#
Over this book we will be working with the Plotly, and Dash Python libraries. Hence, you will require access to Python 3.10 or higher. In addition to plotly
and dash
, we will use numpy
, scipy
, and yfinance
.
While working through the examples and exercises in the book, you can, there are two options:
Use an integrated development environment (IDE) such as Visual Studio Code (VS Code) or Pycharm
Use the Jupyter ecosystem.