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Streamlit

As explained in Natural Language Processing in Action, Second Edition

Streamlit is an open-source Python framework for rapidly creating interactive web applications.

Streamlit is an open-source Python framework for rapidly creating interactive web interfaces. It turns a script into an app with only a few lines, making model-powered tools easier for others to access. section 10.3.12

Minimal question-answering interface

A small app can display a title, collect a question with st.text_input, and echo it with st.write. The interface can then connect that input to a retriever-reader question-answering pipeline and display its answer and context. section 10.3.12

Listing 10.24 A “Hello World” QA application with Streamlit
>>> import streamlit as st
>>> st.title("Ask me about NLPiA!")
>>> st.markdown("Welcome to the official Question Answering webapp"
...     "for _Natural Language Processing in Action, 2nd Ed_")
>>> question = st.text_input("Enter your question here:")
>>> if question:
...    st.write(f"You asked: '{question}'")

Shows a runnable “Hello World” Streamlit QA application using a title, markdown, text input, conditional logic, and output rendering. section 10.3.12

How Natural Language Processing in Action, Second Edition covers it

How deep it goes
Explains basic interface construction and deployment workflow, while deferring a deeper treatment of Streamlit.
Examples
Uses a Hello World QA app, text-input echo, retriever-reader pipeline, and displayed answer and context.
What it assumes
Assumes Python scripting and a working question-answering application, while demonstrating interface construction from a minimal example.
What you can do after
Build it from scratch by turning a Python QA script into an interactive app and deploying it through Hugging Face Spaces.
How it connects
Connects Python, web applications, Hugging Face Spaces, Gradio, and question answering.

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