This contains all my notes for the CBT Nuggets course by Keith Barker, Knox hutchinson, and Ben Finkel.
You may see that the notes are incomplete. I didn't take the course in a conventional manner and I just filtered the ones which I might need to learn at the moment and reserved the rest (which is mostly Cisco-focused stuff) for later.
I'm still in the process of studying this course so I'll be updating this from time to time.
My experience so far: each section is very informative with hands-on and some with labs which will help you gain the necessary skills to become DevNet certified.
The topics are a little light though, more of a breeze through on some devops concepts such as Docker, CICD, and the sorts. I guess since the concept of 'automation' and 'netdevops' are still on its early stage, the Cisco DevNet Associate Certification Exam is more of a way to encourage not just network engineers, but also system engineers to embrace the concepts of automation.
My goal here is to learn some of the concepts that tie in closely with the cloud, which is something I'm geared more towards.
The sections which I focused on are:
- Introduction
- Preparing VS Code for Development Environment
- Basic Programming and Control Flow
- Determine when to use Design Patterns
- XML, JSON, and YAML Data Formats
- Parse Data Formats into Python Structure
- REST API Fundamentals
- REST API Requests and Responses
- Parameters and Payloads for REST APIs
- Authentication with HTTP and REST
- Use Postman for API Interaction
- Network Programmability and Automation Foundations
- Prepare a Devnet Study Environment
- Computing and Appilcation Deployment Models
- Understand the Basics of Docker
- Describe the Components of CICD Pipeline
- Secure Data in your Applications
- Identify OWASP Standard Threats
- Understand the Basics of Linux and Bash
- Identify the Principles of DevOps Practices
- Use Git for Version Control
- Collaboration with Git
- Unit Tests and test-Driven Development
- Install and Configure Ansible
- Automate your Entire Network with Ansible
If you're interested on learning more, I suggest that you also sign-up for a CBT Nuggets subscription and get their course here