The Datanauts rocket returns to the automation solar system for another detailed survey of the whys and hows of automation and coding in operations.

Our intrepid host for this voyage is Lauren Malhoit, a technologist, Cisco employee, and co-host of Cisco’s Techwise TV. She also blogs at AdaptingIT.

We talk with Lauren about APIs, scripting and coding (particularly in Python), and the debate about whether network engineers and other non-developer IT pros need to learn to program. Lauren also offers tools and tips for folks who want to get started with automation and programming.

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Lauren’s Pluralsight courses:

* Cisco ACI Programmability

* Using Cisco ACI with VMware vSphere Integration

* Fundamentals of Using Cisco ACI

Cisco Open Source Projects for the Data Center – GitHub

Programming and Automating Cisco Networks – Ryan Tisher and Jason Gooley (Amazon)

Cisco DevNet