Setting up the environment
Explore how to set up a Python virtual environment, clone the course repository, and install specific package versions needed to build Plotly Dash apps. This lesson guides you through preparing your development environment to ensure consistent results when creating interactive dashboards throughout the course.
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With the fast pace of change in all the packages used in the course, you’ll most likely come across some differences in functionality. So, in order to reproduce the exact outcomes described in the course, you can clone the course’s repository, install the packages used (in the specified versions), and use the included dataset.
From the command line, go to a folder in which you want to build the project and do the following:
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Create a Python virtual environment in a folder called
dash_project(or any other name you want). This will also create a new folder with the ...