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Create a Python Tool That Generates Professional Excel Dashboards
Generate a professional sales dashboard in an Excel workbook with styled headers, a bar chart, and formatted number cells using the openpyxl library.
import openpyxl
from openpyxl.chart import BarChart, Reference
from openpyxl.styles import Font, PatternFill, Alignment, Border, Side
from openpyxl.utils import get_column_letter
def create_sales_dashboard(workbook_path: str) -> None:
"""Generate a professional sales dashboard in an Excel workbook."""
wb = op…Track GitHub Repository Growth in Python
A Python dashboard that fetches and displays GitHub repository statistics including stars, forks, creation date, and recent star activity using the GitHub API.
import requests
import json
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
def track_repo_growth(owner, repo):
url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}"
headers = {"Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
data = response.json()
name = data…Build a Terminal Dashboard That Displays Real-Time System Performance in Python
A Python script that reads Linux system files to display a real-time terminal dashboard with CPU usage, memory usage, and CPU temperature.
import os, time, sys
from collections import deque
def get_cpu_temp():
try:
with open("/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp") as f:
return round(int(f.read().strip()) / 1000, 1)
except:
return None
def get_mem_usage():
with open("/proc/meminfo") as f:
lines = f.readli…Browse by section
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