Developing Applications and Automating Workflows using Cisco Platforms

Practicing Modern Software Development

• • Rise of APIs in Software Design
• • API Data Formats
• • Serialization and Deserialization of Data
• • Collaborative Software Development
• • Version Control with GIT
• • Branching with GIT

Describing Software Development Process ( Self-Study)

• • Software Development Methodologies
• • Test-Driven Development
• • TDD Example
• • Code Review

Designing Software (Self-study)

• • Modular Software Design
• • Modular Design Benefits
• • Architecture and Design Patterns
• • MVC Architecture Pattern
• • Observer Design Pattern

Introducing Network-Based APIs

• • HTTP Overview
• • HTTP Applied to Web-Based APIs
• • HTTP Content Negotiation
• • RPC-Style APIs
• • REST-Style APIs
• • Postman for REST API Consumption
• • Advanced Postman Topics
• • Consuming notification Events Using Webhooks

Consuming REST-Based APIs

• • Common API Constraints
• • API Authentication Mechanisms
• • Using HTTP Authentication
• • Leveraging HTTPS for Security
• • Handling Secrets for API Consumption

Introducing Cisco Platforms and APIs (Self-study)

• • 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
• • Automating Cisco Webex Teams Operations
• • DevNet Developer Resources

Describing IP Networks (Self-Study)

• • Basic Networking Concepts
• • MAC Addresses and VLANs
• • Network Routes and Routing
• • Transport Layer and Packet Delivery
• • Network Device Planes

Relating Network and Applications

• • Standard IP Network Services
• • Network Address Translation
• • Common Protocols
• • Application Connectivity Issues
• • Tools for Troublshooting Connectivity Issues
• • Explaining the Impact of Network Constraints on Applications

Employing Model-Driven Programmability

• • Model-Driven Programmability Stack
• • Network Automation and NETCONF
• • Exploring YANG Models
• • Utilizing Data Models with RESTCONF Protocol
• • Using Python Scripts and Cisco SDKs
• • 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

Automating Infrastructure

• • SDN and Intent-Based Networking
• • Infrastructure as Code
• • System Management with Ansible
• • Infrastructure Automation with Ansible Playbooks
• • CI/CD Pipelines for Infrastructure Automation

Testing and Securing Applications

• • Software Test Types
• • Verifying Code Behaviour with Unit Tests
• • Dockerfile Composition
• • Using Docker in a Local Developer Environment
• • Application Security
• • Securing and Scaling Application Ingress Traffic
• • Network Simulation and Test Tools

Labs:

• • 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
• • Utilize Bash Commands for Local Development
• • Construct Infrastructure Automation Workflow
• • Construct a Python Unit Test
• • Interpret a Dockerfile
• • Utilize Docker Commands to Manage Local Developer Environment
• • Exploit Insufficient Parameter Sanitization