The Developing Applications and Automating Workflows Using Cisco Platforms (DEVASC) v1.0 course helps you prepare for Cisco® DevNet Associate certification and for associate-level network automation engineer roles. You will learn how to implement basic network applications using Cisco platforms as a base, and how to implement automation workflows across network, security, collaboration, and computing infrastructure. The course gives you hands-on experience solving real world problems using Cisco Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and modern development tools.

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the importance of APIs and use of version control tools in modern software development

• Describe common processes and practices used in software development

• Describe options for organizing and constructing modular software

• Describe HTTP concepts and how they apply to network-based APIs

• Apply Representational State Transfer (REST) concepts to integration with HTTP-based APIs

• Describe Cisco platforms and their capabilities

• Describe programmability features of different Cisco platforms

• Describe basic networking concepts and interpret simple network topology

• Describe interaction of applications with the network and tools used for troubleshooting issues

• Apply concepts of model-driven programmability to automate common tasks with Python scripts

• Identify common application deployment models and components in the development pipeline

• Describe common security concerns and types of tests, and utilize containerization for local development

• Utilize tools to automate infrastructure through scripting and model-driven programmability