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The first obvious thing you need to do after getting your Python environment setup is learn how to talk with a network device. In this article I will demonstrate working with Cisco devices as it is what I have the most experience with. Cisco Automation Framework I use a Python package called the Cisco … Read more
Getting started with Network Automation is arguably the most difficult part of the process, what tools should I use, what processes should I automate, what resources can I tap into. These are all very good questions and in this article I aim to make them a little easier for you to solve. The Language … Read more
If you take a look through my site you will quickly notice that most of my posts consist of how to articles for Python, Cisco networking devices, or Linux administration. It is no secret that I use those technologies every day in my job as a Network Administrator. With that said I am going to … Read more
As of Python 3.6 per PEP 498 a new way of string formatting was introduced called F strings. While Python already had multiple multiple ways of string formatting, f strings aimed to provide a way to add embedded expressions directly within a string while using minimal formatting to give the best readability. In this post … Read more
In Python Generators are a way to create an iterator. If you are unfamiliar with what an iterator is in python for the sake of this article it is an object that you can loop over in a for loop. Generators are a very quick and short way of creating simple iterators and in this … Read more
I would say lambda functions in Python were one of the things I had a hard time not only understanding but also seeing the practicality of using in much of my code. However once I used a lambda function a few times I found there are some instances where they are the best option in … Read more
If you have been looking at any amount of Python code online and you have almost surly seen the following code at the end of a file.
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# classes and/or functions if __name__ == '__main__': # other code here |
When first seeing that if statement it can be confusing as to why it is in there and what benefit it gives and what it does … Read more
When writing a script or program it is often required to do more than one thing at the same time for efficiency or to not cause the program to lock up while completing a long task. In python you have 2 main ways to accomplish this, the multiprocessing library and the threading library the threading … Read more
The first thing you will need to do when you want to write code in Java is install the Java SDK (Software Development Kit) on your workstation. On the windows side of things it is fairly straight forward to get it installed and start writing some code but if you are like me you primarily … Read more
In Python you can use list comprehensions to shorten the amount of code that you need to use to accomplish tasks when working with lists. The first time I heard of list comprehensions it sounded very advanced and confusing and when I looked at some example code I was, as I expected confused. Fear not … Read more