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Developing Applications Using Cisco Core Platforms and APIs (DEVCOR)

Length 5 days
Price NZD 5995 exc GST
Version 2.0

Course overview

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Why study this course

This course is designed to help students prepare for the Cisco DevNet Professional certification and professional-level network automation engineer roles. The focus of this training course is the implementation of network applications using Cisco platforms as a base, from initial software design to diverse system integration, as well as testing and deployment automation. The course provides hands-on experience solving real world problems using Cisco Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and modern development tools.

Digital courseware: Cisco provides students with electronic courseware for this course. Students who have a confirmed booking will be sent an email prior to the course start date, with a link to create an account via learningspace.cisco.com before they attend their first day of class. Please note that any electronic courseware or labs will not be available (visible) until the first day of the class.

Exam Vouchers: Cisco exam vouchers are not included in the course fees but can be purchased separately where applicable.

Aligns to certification

Cisco Certified DevNet Professional

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What you’ll learn

After taking this course, you should be able to:

Describe the architectural traits and patterns that improve application maintainability and serviceability
Identify steps to design and build a ChatOps application
Implement robust Representational State Transfer (REST) API integrations with network error handling, pagination, and error flow control
Describe the necessary steps for applications and their user and system data
Identify common tasks in automated application release process
Describe best practices for application deployment
Describe methodologies for designing distributed systems
Describe the concepts of infrastructure configuration management and device automation
Utilise Yet Another Next Generation (YANG) data models to describe network configurations and telemetry
Compare various relational and nonrelational database types and how to select the appropriate type based on requirements

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Who is the course for?

Sr. Network Automation Engineer
Sr. Software Developer
Sr. System Integration Programmer
Sr. Infrastructure Architect
Sr. Network Designer
Test Development Engineer

Course subjects

Designing for Maintainability
Designing for Serviceability
Implementing ChatOps Application
Advanced REST API Integration
Securing Application Data
Securing Web and Mobile Applications
Automating Application Release
Deploying Applications
Exploring Distributed Systems
Orchestrating Network and Infrastructure
Modeling Data with YANG
Using Relational and Nonrelational Databases

Labs:

Construct Sequence Diagram
Construct Web Sequence Diagram
Use Paginated REST API Endpoint
Use REST API Error Control Flow Techniques
Evaluate Application for Common OWASP Vulnerabilities
Resolve Merge Conflicts with Git
Containerise Application Using Docker
Integrate Application into Existing CI/CD Environment
Diagnose Problems Using Application Logs
Automate and Manage Cisco IOS XE Network Infrastructure with Terraform and GitLab CI/CD Pipelines
Configure Network Parameters Using Ansible
Synchronise Firepower Device Configuration
Utilise RESTCONF for Network Configuration
Query Relational Database
Query Document Store
Query Time Series Database
Query Graph Database

Prerequisites

The knowledge and skills you are expected to have before attending this training are:

Knowledge of program design and coding with focus on Python
Familiarity with Ethernet, Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and internet-related networking
Understand the utilisation of APIs
Understanding of software development and design methodologies
Hands-on experience with a programming language (specifically Python)

These skills can be found in the following Cisco Learning Offering:

Developing Applications and Automating Workflows using Cisco Platforms

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Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.