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Python dashboards after Shiny for Python
After building a demo in Shiny for Python I decided to see how to build a demo dashboard with the other tools available for Python, namely Streamlit and Dash. The good thing about doing all these in Python is that so much of the code can be reused.
Last updated on 2022-12-03 2 min read Python
Packaging a Python Shiny app
After spending few years writing R Shiny apps with {golem}, the first thing I thought about when writing the Python Shiny demo was is it possible to convert it to a python package and if yes how to it.
Last updated on 2022-11-18 2 min read Python
Using Wikidata to draw networks of Politically Exposed Persons #2
In the previous post I outlined the approach to query data from Wikidata, and wrangle your way to a result about some relationships between politically exposed persons on the example of the rather poor data available for North Macedonia.
Last updated on 2022-11-17 2 min read Python
Using Wikidata to draw networks of Politically Exposed Persons #1
Some time ago I was doing a demo for querying Politically Exposed Persons from Wikidata. This was supposed to be a part of a bigger project which didn’t materialize. Nevertheless the code can be a good exercise in the topic, so I am sharing it for anyone that might be curious.
Last updated on 2022-11-16 6 min read Python
How to invoke an AWS Lambda function with R and paws
In recent weeks, I have been trying to learn more about using the {paws} software development kit to interact with Amazon Web Services from R. So far, my focus was on the basics of DynamoDB.
Last updated on 2022-07-24 5 min read R
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