About this course:

PRNE - Programming for Network Engineers v1.0 teaches you how to manage a network more efficiently with network programmability as you develop Python programming fundamental skills. In addition, it provides you with the foundation required before attending the Cisco Network Programmability Engineer course.

Course Objective:

• Describe use cases and examples of the value of network programmability
• Acquire a complete complement of Python programming skills: basics, data structures, control structures, comparison operators, input and output, structured programming, object-oriented programming, etc.
• Use Python to communicate to individual network devices, using examples of real-world networking communication and operations
• Use Python to communicate to multiple devices
• Use object-oriented programming in Python to abstract network devices
• Use databases in a network-based application to store information about the network
• Use test methodologies to create quality applications
• Use software available through open source and existing libraries, for example, Cisco GitHub, Cisco DevNet, Python general-purpose and Cisco-specific libraries, and NX-API

Audience:

This course is designed for network engineers looking to use network programming and those preparing for the Cisco Network Programmability Engineer course.

Prerequisite:

Experience with network management (CCNA-level recommended)