--- title: Creating a Better Dashboard — Myth or Reality? | daily.dev description: The post discusses the process of creating a better dashboard using Plotly and Dash instead of Matplotlib. It showcases code snippets for creating line plots,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/creating-a-better-dashboard-myth-or-reality--bgjgyeqpd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Creating a Better Dashboard — Myth or Reality? | daily.dev og:description: The post discusses the process of creating a better dashboard using Plotly and Dash instead of Matplotlib. It showcases code snippets for creating line plots,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/creating-a-better-dashboard-myth-or-reality--bgjgyeqpd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bgjGYeQpD.png og:image:alt: Creating a Better Dashboard — Myth or Reality? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Creating a Better Dashboard — Myth or Reality? **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 2 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The post discusses the process of creating a better dashboard using Plotly and Dash instead of Matplotlib. It showcases code snippets for creating line plots, pie charts, bar charts, and choropleth maps in Plotly. The author emphasizes the importance of continuous improvement in programming skills and provides a sample code for creating an interactive dashboard using Dash. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#data-science](https://daily.dev/tags/data-science), [#data-visualization](https://daily.dev/tags/data-visualization), [#matplotlib](https://daily.dev/tags/matplotlib), [#plotly](https://daily.dev/tags/plotly) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/creating-a-better-dashboard-myth-or-reality--bgjgyeqpd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Creating a Better Dashboard — Myth or Reality?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/creating-a-better-dashboard-myth-or-reality--bgjgyeqpd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/creating-a-better-dashboard-myth-or-reality--bgjgyeqpd"},"datePublished":"2024-02-17T16:06:32.861Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z","description":"The post discusses the process of creating a better dashboard using Plotly and Dash instead of Matplotlib. It showcases code snippets for creating line plots,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/69b51668a259e379b3a1d77a5d3fd00c?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/69b51668a259e379b3a1d77a5d3fd00c?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/creating-a-better-dashboard-myth-or-reality--bgjgyeqpd","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"python,data-science,data-visualization,matplotlib,plotly","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Creating a Better Dashboard — Myth or Reality?"}]} ```