Datasette for rapid prototyping
Want to build a prototype? Datasette lets you turn any source of data into a powerful JSON or GraphQL API, ideal for use as the backend for an interactive prototype.
Use Datasette with Observable notebooks to quickly try out new visualizations and explore the Datasette API using JavaScript.
Datasette works as a great data for Jupyter notebooks too.
- Analyzing ScotRail audio announcements with Datasette—from prototype to production talks through the full process of creating an initial rapid prototype using Datasette Lite and growing that into a full production Datasette instance.
- Fast Autocomplete Search for Your Website shows how to build a full autocomplete search engine for your website, powered by Datasette and a few dozen lines of custom JavaScript.