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Course Overview

In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, gaining cross-disciplinary skills is essential for success in software development and network engineering. This course offers a comprehensive learning path for aspiring developers and network engineers by combining the power of Python programming, Linux fundamentals, software development best practices, and Cisco automation. Whether you're entering the IT field or looking to bridge the gap between development and operations, this course provides the foundational knowledge and practical skills necessary to excel in DevOps, infrastructure automation, and modern network management.

This course begins with essential learning techniques such as the Pomodoro method, spaced repetition, and note-taking strategies to help you build efficient study habits. It then dives into networking and Linux fundamentals, covering network models, packet flow, and troubleshooting using the Linux command line. You’ll progress to Python programming, where you’ll learn everything from basic syntax to object-oriented principles and unit testing. Software development and design topics include SDLC methodologies, data formats, design patterns, version control, and code reviews. The course then introduces you to APIs, including RESTful architecture, authentication, and tools like cURL and Postman, along with building API clients using Python and FastAPI. You’ll also explore deployment models, containers, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, security practices, and OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities. Finally, the course provides hands-on exposure to Cisco platforms, device-level APIs, telemetry, infrastructure as code, and automation tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Cisco NSO.

By the end of this course, you'll gain the technical versatility to automate, deploy, secure, and manage modern applications and network infrastructure effectively.

What You Will Learn

  • Refresh your knowledge of basic Networking, Linux, and Python concepts
  • Understand the basics of software development and how to apply them to networks
  • Learn to use APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) in your automation workflow
  • Understand automating your networks using Netconf and YANG models
  • Familiarize with deploying your network applications and how to do it securely
  • Understand what DevOps is along with basics of Docker and Git
  • Learn to implement automation workflows across many network domains leveraging various Cisco Platforms, Cisco APIs, and modern development tools
  • Familiarize concepts to pass your Cisco DEVASC Certification!

Program Curriculum

  • Pomodoro Technique
  • Spaced Repetition
  • Note-taking
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council

  • Packets and Network Reference Models
  • Deep Dive into the Layers
  • Putting It All Together
  • Basic of Linux Command Line
  • Troubleshooting Approaches
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Python Basics
  • Conditions Loops and Functions
  • Command Line Arguments and Error Handling
  • Object Oriented Programming and External Modules
  • Test Driven Development and Unit Testing
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Software Development Lifecycle and Methodologies
  • Common Data Formats and Using Them with Python
  • Design Patterns
  • Version Control and Git
  • Code Review
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • APIs and How to Cook Them Properly?
  • Basics of HTTP and Restful APIs
  • API Authentication Mechanisms
  • Webhooks and WebSockets
  • cURL and POSTMAN
  • Create a Python Script That Calls REST API
  • FastAPI
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Application Deployment Models
  • Bare Metal, Virtual Machines, and Containers
  • Role of DNS, Load Balancers, and Reverse Proxy in Application Deployment
  • CI/CD Pipelines and DevOps
  • Docker
  • Security Risk Assessment
  • Secret Protection, Encryption, and Data Handling
  • OWASP Top 10
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • Leveraging Cisco DevNet Resources
  • Capabilities of Cisco Network Management Platforms and APIs
  • Capabilities of Cisco Compute Management Platforms and APIs
  • Capabilities of Cisco Collaboration Platforms and APIs
  • Capabilities of Cisco Security Platforms and APIs
  • Device Level APIs and Dynamic Interfaces for IOS XE and NX-OS
  • Chapter 7 Quiz

  • YANG, NETCONF, and RESTCONF
  • Telemetry and Model-Driven Telemetry
  • Use Python to Interact with Cisco Devices
  • Network Simulation Tools
  • Infrastructure as a Code
  • Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Cisco NSO
  • Chapter 8 Quiz
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Instructor

Sergiu Calmîc

Sergiu is a double CCIE (Service Provider and Routing&Switching) certified Solutions Architect with more than 13 years of experience in various networking domains, including but not limited to Security, Service Provider, Mobility, and Data Centre. He has extensive automation experience starting with ancient tools like Visual Basic for Applications and modern ones like Python and Ansible. He holds the Cisco DevNet DEVASC and DEVOPS certifications. Currently he works on Data Centre automation projects supporting project delivery worldwide experiencing at a full scale the pain and the joy of automation.

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