Module 2: The DevNet

Developer Environment

DevNet Associate v1.0

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 Module Objectives
 Module Title: The DevNet Developer Environment
 Module Objective: Implement a development environment using DevNet
resources.
 It will comprise of the following sections:

Topic Title Topic Objective

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 2.1 DevNet Overview

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 What is DevNet?
 DevNet is a fully-integrated developer program comprising a website, an
interactive developer community, coordinated developer tools, integrated
discussion forums, and sandboxes.
 The purpose of Cisco DevNet is to teach everyone about the different Cisco API
offerings and how to use them.

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 What is DevNet?
 It consists of the following features:
• Learning Labs - Self-paced tutorials that covers topics from basic coding to
using REST APIs with various technologies
• Sandboxes - Production-like development and testing environments for a host
of technologies
• Code Exchange - A repository of sample code written by other developers
• Developer support - Support for developer related issues through tickets, live
chats, and forums
• Developer documentation - A central location for all of the product developer
API documentation

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 2.2 Exploring DevNet
Online Resources

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 Getting Started with DevNet Resources
 DevNet provides developers a starting point for all Cisco APIs, including API
documentation, education, and developer support.
 To get an overview of DevNet, visit the DevNet Home page at
developer.cisco.com
 The site offers the following:
• Start Now
• Learning Tracks – collection
of labs
• Video Course
• Sandbox
• Code Exchange
• Ecosystem Exchange
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 DevNet Exchanges
 Network programmability is the ability to configure, monitor, and react to events in
the network in real time
 Advanced API technologies enable an industry shift towards automation,
applications, and integrations.
 Participants in the DevNet Learning Labs and required to have an active internet
connection and the user must successfully log in with a DevNet account.

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 DevNet Learning Labs
 DevNet Learning Labs provide:
• Tutorials – Cover engineering technologies, programming languages, and
concepts such as model-driven programmability, REST APIs, Python, and
JavaScript.
• A walk-through for using a DevNet Sandbox – A pre-configured environment
that is already installed with Cisco platforms.
 DevNet Learning Labs also enables you to:
• Set up a development environment – For practicing tasks on a local computer
• Mimic the overall DevNet site – Using tutorials on coding, collaboration, IoT,
data centre, mobility (mobile and wireless), and networking.

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 DevNet Sandbox
 DevNet offers a host of sandboxes that enables hands-on exploration of software
and APIs.
 The DevNet Sandbox can be used to test custom code in a production-like
environment.

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 DevNet Exchanges
 DevNet provides multiple ways for community members to share solutions, tool
kits, and other with each other. These are called Exchanges.
 Currently, the following exchanges are available:
• Automation Exchange – This exchange provides a collection of network
automation use cases with different solutions and toolkits.
• Code Exchange – This exchange is a repository of source code or tools. It uses
the GitHub API, as well as human moderators, to categorize and display
hundreds of related repositories.
• Ecosystem Exchange – In this exchange, one can find solutions across
different technologies, industries, and geographies to begin solution design and
development.

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 Find a Use Case in Automation Exchange
 The Automation Exchange provides various use cases for network automation
that include:
• Listing of data
• Adding configurations
• Activating policies across domains, users, or devices
 The listings are for different tool sets such as Ansible or Puppet, and different
infrastructure scenarios, such as:
• Campus or Branch
• Data Centre
• Service Provider

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 DevNet Developer Support
 DevNet offers developer support and can help troubleshoot integrations, API
connections, and other specialty questions about developer use cases on Cisco
products.
• Integrations are used to provide applications the ability to notify each other when
a specific event happens.
• Integrations enable the applications to request actions from each other.
 Visit the website developer.cisco.com/support for more information.

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 DevNet Developer Support
 You can get support by:
• Logging a ticket
• Posting to a community forum
• Accessing a WebEx Teams space
 DevNet provides case-based ticket support to members of the Solution
Partner program. The support case is used for one-on-one support with a
response time of one business day.

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 DevNet Developer Support
 Knowledge Base – Consists of troubleshooting articles for reference.
 Support Case – A case-based ticket used for one-on-one support with a
response time of one business day.
 Forums in the Cisco Developer Community – To view community forums, visit
https://devnetsupport.cisco.com and click Community.

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 2.3 DevNet Developer
Environment Summary

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 What did I learn in this module?
 DevNet provides developers with a starting point for all Cisco APIs.
 Online Resources include DevNet Learning Labs, DevNet video courses, DevNet
Sandbox, DevNet Exchanges, and extensive DevNet Support.

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