A beginner’s guide to build a functional Streamlit App with SQLite Integration
From no-code platforms to complex coding solutions, we have numerous options to build an app. Creating a functional app from scratch can be very overwhelming. If you are an analyst and you know Python and SQL, then you are in luck. Python provides powerful libraries which makes it perfect for anyone who wants to create interactive apps quickly — without needing deep knowledge of HTML, CSS, or JavaScript.
Streamlit is one such open-source Python library that allows you to build custom web applications with minimal efforts. It takes care of the front-end components allowing you to focus purely on writing your Python code. With Streamlit sharing, one can also deploy their Streamlit apps for free easily. SQLite, on the other hand, is a lightweight, server-less database engine included with Python. It requires no additional setup and allows you to save your app’s data in a local file, making it incredibly portable and simple to use.
Combine Streamlit with SQLite, and you get an interactive, user-friendly application backed by a powerful back-end database system. Follow along with me in this article where I explore how to create a simple expense management app to record personal expenses and export all the data for further analysis.