Developing Applications Using Cisco Core Platforms and APIs (DEVCOR)

This training will help you:

• Take full advantage of the network and software development practices when implementing applications to fulfill business needs
• Design and implement automated workflows for network provisioning
• Design and develop applications built on Cisco platforms
• Design and implement integration of custom applications with Cisco platforms and devices
• Understand challenges in network programmability and system integration
• Gain knowledge for protocols, solutions, and designs to acquire professional-level and expert-level DevOps roles
• Earn 64 CE credits toward recertification

After taking this training, 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
• Utilize 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

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

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 utilization 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 1.0

Course Outline 1. Designing for Maintainability 2. Designing for Serviceability 3. Implementing ChatOps Application 4. Advanced REST API Integration 5. Securing Application Data 6. Securing Web and Mobile Applications 7. Automating Application Release 8. Deploying Applications 9. Exploring Distributed Systems 10. Orchestrating Network and Infrastructure 11. Modeling Data with YANG 12. Using Relational and Nonrelational Databases Lab Outline 1. Construct Sequence Diagram 2. Construct Web Sequence Diagram 3. Use Paginated REST API Endpoint 4. Use REST API Error Control Flow Techniques 5. Evaluate Application for Common OWASP Vulnerabilities 6. Resolve Merge Conflicts with Git 7. Containerize Application Using Docker 8. Integrate Application into Existing CI/CD Environment 9. Diagnose Problems Using Application Logs 10. Automate and Manage Cisco IOS XE Network Infrastructure with Terraform and GitLab CI/CD Pipelines 11. Configure Network Parameters Using Ansible 12. Synchronize Firepower Device Configuration 13. Utilize RESTCONF for Network Configuration 14. Query Relational Database 15. Query Document Store 16. Query Time Series Database 17. Query Graph Database