DEVASC – Developing Applications and Automating Workflows using Cisco Platforms
The DEVASC program introduces you to the world of network automation through application development with modern tools.
If you are a Network Automation Engineer, Application Developer, or Infrastructure Architect, this course helps you leverage cloud and automation in your career.
Through OTEAcademy’s program, you will learn to build basic network applications, automate workflows, and provide solutions to real-world scenarios using Cisco APIs and tools like Python.
Prepares you for the DevNet Associate (200-901 DEVASC) certification — a strong step toward becoming a Network Automation Engineer.
The program covers the following domains:
- The importance of APIs and version control tools in modern software development
- Common processes and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Methods for creating modular, organized software
- HTTP concepts and their application to network APIs
- Use of REST principles for integration via HTTP-based APIs
- Cisco platforms and capabilities (network, collaboration, security, etc.)
- Programmable capabilities of Cisco platforms via API
- Basic networking concepts and topology analysis
- How applications interact with the network and troubleshooting tools
- Implementing automation with Python scripts
- Application development models and pipeline components
- Security considerations and the use of containers in development environments
- Infrastructure automation tools using scripting and model-driven programmability