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Cisco Platforms and Development
Application Deployment and Security
Infrastructure and Automation
Network Fundamentals

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Chris Jackson, CCIE No. 6256 (R&S and SEC), is a Distinguished Architect and CTO for Global Sales Training at Cisco. Chris is focused on digital transformation and showing customers how to leverage the tremendous business value Cisco technologies can provide. He is the author of Network Security Auditing (Cisco Press, 2010), CCNA Cloud CLDADM 210-455 Official Cert Guide (Cisco Press, 2016), and various online video courses for Cisco Press. He holds dual CCIEs in security and routing and switching, CISA, CISSP, ITIL v3, seven SANS certifications, and a bachelor's degree in business administration. Residing in Franklin, Tennessee, Chris enjoys tinkering with electronics, robotics, and anything else that can be programmed to do his bidding. In addition, he is a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo, rabid Star Wars fan, and has a ridiculous collection of Lego. His wife Piper and three children Caleb, Sydney, and Savannah are the true joy of his life and proof that not everything has to plug into a wall outlet to be fun. Jason Gooley, CCIE No. 38759 (R&S and SP), is a very enthusiastic and spontaneous person who has more than 20 years of experience in the industry. Currently, Jason works as a Technical Evangelist for the Worldwide Enterprise Networking Sales team at Cisco Systems. Jason is very passionate about helping others in the industry succeed. In addition to being a Cisco Press author, Jason is a distinguished speaker at Cisco Live, contributes to the development of the Cisco CCIE and DevNet exams, provides training for Learning@Cisco, is an active CCIE mentor, is a committee member for the Cisco Continuing Education Program (CE), and is a program committee member of the Chicago Network Operators Group (CHI-NOG), www.chinog.org. Jason also hosts a show called "MetalDevOps." Jason can be found at www.MetalDevOps.com, @MetalDevOps, and @Jason_Gooley on all social media platforms. Adrian Iliesiu, CCIE No. 43909 (R&S), is a network engineer at heart with more than 15 years of professional IT experience. Currently, Adrian works as a Technical Leader with the Cisco DevNet Co-Creations team. During his career, Adrian has worked in several roles, including team leader and network, systems, and QA engineer across multiple industries and international organizations. When not working on innovative projects with customers and partners, Adrian advocates the advantages of network programmability and automation with a focus on enterprise and data center infrastructure. He is an established blog author, distinguished speaker at Cisco Live, and a recipient of the coveted Cisco Pioneer award. Adrian also appeared on Cisco TechWiseTV, Cisco Champion podcasts, and DevNet webinars. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and a master's degree in Telecommunication Networks from Politehnica University of Bucharest. Ashutosh Malegaonkar is a Cisco Distinguished Engineer, a senior technical contributor, and an industry thought leader. His experience spans across different technology domains: ISR Platforms, Voice, Video, Search, Video Analytics, and Cloud. Over two decades at Cisco, he has done two startups and has won several accolades, including the Pioneer awards. He has delivered several keynotes and talks at Cisco Connect and Cisco Live. He has also been a Tech Field Day Speaker. With more than 25 years of professional experience, he currently leads the DevNet Co-Creations team whose mission is to co-create, innovate, and inspire alongside our strategic customers, partners, and developers. Ashutosh inspires those around him to innovate, and he is continually developing creative new ways to use software and Cisco APIs to solve real problems for our customers. He has a deep understanding of the breadth of Cisco products and technologies and where they can best be applied to serve our customers. Ashutosh has 16 approved patents and two publications.

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Introduction xxv Chapter 1 Introduction to Cisco DevNet Associate Certification 2 Do I Know This Already? 2 Foundation Topics 3 Why Get Certified 3 Cisco Career Certification Overview 6 Cisco DevNet Certifications 11 Cisco Certified DevNet Associate Certification (DEVASC) 12 Cisco Certified DevNet Professional Certification 13 Cisco DevNet Overview 14 Discover 15 Technologies 15 Community 16 Support 17 Events 17 DevNet Automation Exchange 18 Summary 20 Chapter 2 Software Development and Design 22 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 22 Foundation Topics 25 Software Development Lifecycle 25 Waterfall 27 Lean 28 Agile 29 Common Design Patterns 30 Model-View-Controller (MVC) Pattern 30 Observer Pattern 31 Linux BASH 32 Getting to Know BASH 32 Directory Navigation 35 cd 35 pwd 35 ls 36 mkdir 36 File Management 36 mv 37 rm 37 touch 37 cat 37 Environment Variables 37 Software Version Control 38 Git 39 Understanding Git 40 Using Git 42 Cloning/Initiating Repositories 42 Adding and Removing Files 43 Committing Files 45 Pushing and Pulling Files 45 Working with Branches 47 Merging Branches 50 Handling Conflicts 52 Comparing Commits with diff 53 Conducting Code Review 55 Exam Preparation Tasks 55 Review All Key Topics 56 Define Key Terms 56 Chapter 3 Introduction to Python 58 "Do I Know This Already?" Quiz 58 Foundation Topics 60 …