Network Champion: Interview Preparation Guide for the best in class Network Engineers

A beginner level python scripting handbook for Network Engineers that includes the basic concepts of programming in python for networking purposes. It includes basics of elements of programming that explains the idea of creating variables, assigning operators, data types, Numeric data types, strings, sets etc. In next chapter it explains the concept of conditional statements in python that includes Logical operators, Boolean expressions, flow charts, conditional statements etc. In chapter six, function creation using python scripting is explained which includes the topics of function creation, user defined functions, methods for calling the functions, Built in functions and passing arguments and references through functions. In chapter seven, exceptions and exception handling is discussed. It includes the area of how to handle an exception, creating or raising an exception, custom exceptions and using tracebacks. In chapter eight, the concept of loops using python is explained which includes the brief explanation of different loops like For, While, Do- While loops. Their syntaxes and methodology is explained in this section with code snippets and examples. Chapter ten explains the benefits of network automation, reasons to automate a network and Libraries that are used to automate a network are explained in vast detail.

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