coding

October 28, 2019

DEVELOPER

Enhance Your Development Environment with Visual Studio Code Extensions

A few weeks back a few folks in the NetDevOps Live! Webex Teams Room were talking about source-code editors — how we got started, what text editing tool we started with, what we are using today — with a little of the why we use these (spoiler alert, its mostly personal preference). We al…

September 6, 2019

DEVELOPER

How to Get Good at Pac Man – a Coding Journey

If the ability to write code is a super power, my origin story is rooted in an obsession with classic coin-op video games that started when I was 10 years old.  The DevNet team always finds creative ways to inject fun into a conference experience, when friend and fellow retro gaming enthusiast Hank…

July 17, 2019

DEVELOPER

#CiscoChat LIVE: DevNet Network Automation Exchange

Happy New (Fiscal) Year, Cisco! We are kicking-off Fiscal Year 2020 with a special #TeamDevNet #CiscoChat LIVE! featuring: Bill Hentschell (@BHentschell) John McDonough (@johnamcdonough) Patrick Rockholz (@patrickrockholz) …and moderated by yours truly (@silviakspiva). The #CiscoChat LIVE! will be o…

June 6, 2019

DEVELOPER

Coding Essentials III – NetDevOps Series, Part 5

Previous posts in the NetDevOps Series are available here. Let’s finalize our review of the different foundational coding building blocks that network engineers need to understand and use when entering the programmability world. REST APIs In previous posts you have seen it several times alread…

May 23, 2019

DEVELOPER

Coding Essentials I – NetDevOps Series, Part 3

Previous posts in the NetDevOps Series are available here. Let’s do a quick review of the different foundational coding building blocks that network engineers need to understand and use when entering the programmability world. YANG data models Data models are conceptual representations of data…

May 14, 2019

DEVELOPER

Programmability and Coding – NetDevOps Series, Part 2

In part 1 of this NetDevOps Series we talked about the need for network programmability. Here, in part 2, let’s dive into … What is Programmability? Computers are great at bulk-work, but if you want your computer to talk to your infrastructure and do something, you will need a machine-to…

January 7, 2019

DEVELOPER

“START NOW” in the DevNet Zone at CLEUR

The DevNet Zone at Cisco Live is now entering it’s 6th year, and while some things change, other things stay the same.  Over the years I’ve had the privilege of presenting most of the DevNet Zone introductory coding classes — classes on REST APIs, Git, Python, etc — and one c…

August 8, 2018

DEVELOPER

Vote for Sessions in the New “Coding and Development” Track Coming to SXSW

It’s time to VOTE for the sessions you want to see at SXSW 2019. Click on the session links below to cast your vote! But before you do, know that there’s a new track being added to SXSW this year called, “Coding and Development.” Check out the 14 sessions (see list below) that Cisco DevNet is submit…