On 19 January 2021, I took and passed the Implementing DevOps Solutions and Practices (DEVOPS) exam on my first attempt. This is the sixth DevNet exam I’ve passed … and probably the last! Much like my experience with enterprise and
DevAsc – List Consisting of Dictonaries
I was going through Nick Russo’s course Getting Started with Software Development Using Cisco DevNet at Pluralsight and one thing he went through was interacting with the DNA Center API. Using a call to /intent/api/v1/network-device, DNA-C will return a JSON
DevAsc – Python Script To Collect Show Commands Output
A colleague needed to connect to several Cisco devices, run some show commands, and save the output. I decided it would be good to practice my Python skills so I coded something together. Why didn’t do you do this in
DevAsc – Python Classes
Python classes are very useful when you need to create objects with the same characteristics. This is often referred to as Object Oriented Programming (OOP). Not having much of a programming background, I found classes to be a bit confusing,
DevAsc – Python Palindrome Challenge
Time for another Python challenge. This time it’s the palindrome challenge. What is a palindrome? A palindrome is a word, number, phrase, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward as forward. Some examples are level, radar, stats.
DevAsc – Python Divisors Challenge
As part of Nick Russo’s DevAsc study plan, he recommends doing a few Python challenges to check your existing knowledge of Python. One of these is the Divisors challenge. The goal of of this exercise is to take a number,
Python – Kirk Byers Course Week 4 Part 3
This post will describe the exercises and solutions for week four of Kirk Byers Python for Network Engineers. The final exercise of week 4 is the following. [code lang=”text”] III. Create a program that converts the following uptime strings to
Python – Kirk Byers Course Week 4 Part 2
This post will describe the exercises and solutions for week four of Kirk Byers Python for Network Engineers. Our next task is to parse data from show version from a device. [code lang=text] II. Parse the below 'show version' data
Python – Kirk Byers Course Week 4 Part 1
This post will describe the exercises and solutions for week four of Kirk Byers Python for Network Engineers. The first exercise is the following: [code lang=text] I. Prompt a user to input an IP address. Re-using some of the code
Python – Kirk Byers Course Week 3 Part 3
This post will describe the exercises and solutions for week three of Kirk Byers Python for Network Engineers. The last exercise of the week is to create an IP address checker that checks the validity of an IP address. Here