Python // Lesson 0: Prework

Introduction Video https://vimeo.com/243034300Length is 7 minutes  Why Learn Programing?Video https://vimeo.com/243905715Length is 1 minute  Why Python?Video https://vimeo.com/243909371Length is 3 minutes  Python2 versus Python3Video https://vimeo.com/243912631Length is 2 minutes  Characteristics of PythonVideo https://vimeo.com/243918300Length is 5 minutes  The Python Interpreter ShellVideo https://vimeo.com/242411259Length is 9 minutes  IPythonVideo https://vimeo.com/242460561Length is 4 minutes  Printing to stdout and Reading from stdinVideo https://vimeo.com/243028886Length is 6 minutes  Dir, Help, and Variables​Video https://vimeo.com/243480156Length is 10 minutes  Python […]


Python // Misc: Nornir using an Ansible Inventory (Part1)

# Part 1 ## Introduction In this series of articles we are going to generate configurations from template files using Nornir, but using an Ansible-style inventory. There will (hopefully!) be subsequent posts that cover validating user inputs (variable file inputs), validating network state (did my deployment work properly), backing up configurations before and after deployments, […]


Python // Misc: XML and Python (the good, the bad, and the ugly)

You thought you were past this, “I don’t need to learn stinking XML; this is 2018”, then you dove head-first into Juniper and PyEZ, ran into a problem, had to peel back the onion and what did you see staring back at you: a big, ugly, no fun, bunch-of-XML. Come on this is 2018, can’t I […]