Cisco DEVASC – Developing Applications and Automating Workflows using Cisco Core Platforms

Course Certification

This course helps you prepare to take the:
Exam 200-901 DEVASC DevNet Associate;

Course Outline

• Practicing Modern Software Development
• Rise of APIs in Software Design
• API Data Formats
• Serialization and Deserialization of Data
• Parse API Data Formats with Python
• Collaborative Software Development
• Version Control with Git
• Branching with Git
• Use Git for Version Control
• Describing Software Development Process
• Software Development Methodologies
• Test-Driven Development
• TDD Example
• Code Review
• Designing Software
• Modular Software Design
• Modular Design Benefits
• Architecture and Design Patterns
• MVC Architecture Pattern
• Observer Design Pattern
• Identify Software Architecture and Design Patterns on a Diagram
• Implement Singleton Pattern and Abstraction-Based Method
• Introducing Network-Based APIs
• HTTP Overview
• HTTP Applied to Web-Based APIs
• Inspect HTTP Messages
• HTTP Content Negotiation
• RPC-Style APIs
• REST-Style APIs
• Postman for REST API Consumption
• Use Postman
• Advanced Postman Topics
• Troubleshoot an HTTP Error Response
• Consuming Notification Events Using Webhooks
• Consuming REST-Based APIs
• Common API Constraints
• API Authentication Mechanisms
• Using HTTP Authentication
• Utilize APIs with Python
• Leveraging HTTPS for Security
• Handling Secrets for API Consumption
• Introducing Cisco Platforms and APIs
• Cisco Network Management Platforms
• Cisco Compute Management Platforms
• Cisco Compute Management APIs
• Cisco Collaboration Platforms
• Cisco Collaboration APIs
• Cisco Security Platforms
• Cisco Security APIs
• Cisco Network Management Platforms in Cloud
• Employing Programmability on Cisco Platforms
• Automating Cisco Network Operations
• Cisco IOS XE Device-Level APIs
• Cisco NX-OS Device-Level APIs
• Cisco Controller APIs
• Use the Cisco Controller APIs
• Automating Cisco Webex Teams Operations
• Use the Cisco Webex Teams Collaboration API
• DevNet Developer Resources
• Describing IP Networks
• Basic Networking Concepts
• MAC Addresses and VLANs
• Network Routes and Routing
• Transport Layer and Packet Delivery
• Interpret a Basic Network Topology Diagram
• Network Device Planes
• Relating Network and Applications
• Standard IP Network Services
• Network Address Translation
• Common Protocols
• Application Connectivity Issues
• Tools for Troubleshooting Connectivity Issues
• Identify the Cause of Application Connectivity Issues
• Explaining the Impact of Network Constraints on Applications
• Employing Model-Driven Programmability
• Model-Driven Programmability Stack
• Network Automation and NETCONF
• Exploring AN Models
• Perform Basic NETCONF Operations
• Utilizing Data Models with RESTCONF Protocol
• Using Python Scripts and Cisco SDKs
• Use Cisco SDK and Python for Automation Scripting
• Model Driven Programmability in a Cisco Environment
• Deploying Applications
• Application Deployment Types
• Application Deployment Models
• Edge Computing Overview
• DevOps Practices and Principles
• Components of a CI-CD Pipeline
• Essential Bash Commands for Development and Operations
• Utilize Bash Commands for Local Development
• Automating Infrastructure
• SDN and Intent-Based Networking
• Infrastructure as Code
• System Management with Ansible
• Infrastructure Automation with Ansible Playbooks
• Construct Infrastructure Automation Workflow
• CI/CD Pipelines for Infrastructure Automation
• Testing and Securing Applications
• Software Test Types
• Verifying Code Behavior with Unit Tests
• Construct a Python Unit Test
• Dockerfile Composition
• Interpret a Dockerfile
• Using Docker in a Local Developer Environment
• Utilize Docker Commands to Manage Local Developer Environment
• Application Security
• Securing and Scaling Application Ingress Traffic
• Exploit Insufficient Parameter Sanitization
• Network Simulation and Test Tools
• Lab Code Reference
• Downloadable Code Per Lab

Laboratory Activities

• Parse API Data Formats with Python
• Use Git for Version Control
• Identify Software Architecture and Design Patterns on a Diagram
• Implement Singleton Pattern and Abstraction-Based Method
• Inspect HTTP Protocol Messages
• Use Postman
• Troubleshoot an HTTP Error Response
• Utilize APIs with Python
• Use the Cisco Controller APIs
• Use the Cisco Webex Teams™ Collaboration API
• Interpret a Basic Network Topology Diagram
• Identify the Cause of Application Connectivity Issues
• Perform Basic Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) Operations
• Use Cisco Software Development Kit (SDK) and Python for Automation Scripting
• Utilize Bash Commands for Local Development
• Construct a Python Unit Test
• Interpret a Dockerfile
• Utilize Docker Commands to Manage Local Developer Environment
• Exploit Insufficient Parameter Sanitization
• Construct Infrastructure Automation Workflow

Course Mode

Instructor-Led Remote Live Classroom Training;

Trainers

Trainers are CISCO accredited instructors and certified in other IT technologies, with years of practical experience in the sector and in training.

Lab Topology

For all types of delivery, the participant can access the equipment and actual systems in our laboratories or directly in international data centers remotely, 24/7. Each participant has access to implement various configurations, Thus immediately applying the theory learned. Below are some scenarios drawn from laboratory activities.