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

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
• 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

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

• 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
• Containerize 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
• Synchronize Firepower Device Configuration
• Utilize RESTCONF for Network Configuration
• Query Relational Database
• Query Document Store
• Query Time Series Database
• Query Graph Database

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

This course is designed for anyone who performs or seeks to perform a developer role and has one or more years of hands-on experience developing and maintaining applications that are built on top of Cisco platforms.

This course covers specialized material about designing, developing, and debugging applications using Cisco APIs and platforms, and managing and deploying applications on Cisco infrastructure. To fully benefit from this course, you should have three to five years of experience designing and implementing applications that are built on top of Cisco platforms.

The course is appropriate for:

• Network engineers expanding their skill-base to include software and automation
• Developers expanding expertise in automation and DevOps
• Solution architects moving to the Cisco ecosystem
• Infrastructure developers designing hardened production environments

The job roles best suited to the material in this course are:

• Senior network automation engineer
• Senior software developer
• Senior system integration programmer

Additional job roles that could find this course useful are:

• Senior infrastructure architect
• Senior network designer
• Senior test development engineer

Students preparing for Cisco Certified DevNet Professional and Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist – Core certification will also find this material useful.