Cisco® Developing Applications Using Cisco® Core Platforms and APIs v1.0 (DEVCOR)

In this course, you will learn how to implement network applications using Cisco® platforms as a base, from initial software design to diverse system integration, as well as testing and deployment automation. The course gives you hands-on experience solving real world problems using Cisco Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and modern development tools. This course helps you prepare for Cisco DevNet Professional certification and for professional-level network automation engineer roles.

In this course, you will learn how to implement network applications using Cisco® platforms as a base, from initial software design to diverse system integration, as well as testing and deployment automation. The course gives you hands-on experience solving real world problems using Cisco Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and modern development tools.

This course helps you prepare for Cisco DevNet Professional certification and for professional-level network automation engineer roles.

After taking this course, you should be able to: Describe the architectural traits and patterns that improve application maintainability Describe the architectural traits and patterns that improve application 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 securing user and system data in applications Describe the necessary steps for securing applications 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

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. This 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.