Python learning materials

Documentation

• https://www.python.org/doc/

Books

• Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming
• Mastering Python Networking: Your one-stop solution to using Python for network automation, programmability, and DevOps, 3rd Edition
• Network Programming and Automation Essentials: Get started in the realm of network automation using Python and Go
• Cisco pyATS ― Network Test and Automation Solution: Data-driven and reusable testing for modern networks

Videos

• Practical Python For Networking, Part 1: Introduction

Online learning (paid)

• Python Network Automation Course
• Automating Python Code Quality
• Code Academy Python Classes

Tutorials

• pyGNMI and ChatGPT to troubleshoot EVPN Datacenter Fabrics: This tutorial is suitable for both experienced network engineers and beginners who want to enhance their knowledge of datacenter network design (EVPN-VXLAN) and operation with tools like GNMI, python and ChatGPT. This tutorial uses containerlab: topology and tutorial files at github repo pygnmi-srl-nanog88.
• Get Started with Network Automation! Co-Instructed Workshop
  • This was a community developed workshop provided at Internet2's Community Exchange 2023 for data modelling and multi-vendor automation with Ansible and Netmiko. This github contains the assets used, including slides and containerlab assets.
  • Co-instructed by the Indiana University GlobalNOC, GÉANT, and Internet2.
• Get Started with Network Automation! Mini-workshop
  • This was a community developed workshop provided at the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) 2024 Summit. Very similar to above, but shorter and with a focus on Cisco-based CLI-scraping.

Other References

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