New Course: Introduction to Python for Network Engineers

In this 147-video, entry-level training, CBT Nuggets trainer John McGovern covers the knowledge network administrators need to not just automate the behavior of your network and network devices but improve their efficiency and speed with Python.

Watch this new Networking training.

Python is one of the most popular and widely used programming languages in the world. It’s even more popular in the networking world thanks to the level of control it gives administrators and engineers over software-defined networking. With Python, it’s possible to automate all sorts of network behaviors, saving you time and money.

This Introduction to Python for Network Engineers training will walk you through Python’s many pieces and elements that you can incorporate into your network. You’ll learn the best network-oriented lists, dictionaries, libraries and modules and how to use them to solve your own unique problems.

The 20-part series covers topics such as automating complex network configurations, managing software-defined networking, and writing with objects, variables, strings, loops and functions.

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The skills that comprise this series include:

• Introduction to Python

• Virtual Environments, Variables & Data Types

• Python Strings

• Understand Control Flow

• Understand Boolean Logic

• Lists and Tuples

• Dictionaries and Sets

• Understand Functions in Python

• Implement Functions in Python

• Understand Functional Programming in Python

Topics this training covers include:

• The Reduce Function

• Linux Setup

• Unpacking Dictionaries

• Lambda Functions

• Class Attributes

This training includes:

• 17 hour of training

• 147 videos

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