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Introduction to TextFSM In this blog post, we will look at TextFSM, a tool that helps parse the raw data (semi-structured) we often get from network devices. If you've ever tried to use TextFSM documentation, you might know it can be a bit confusing. Therefore in this post,

Within this post, we are going to explore a new tool that has recently been released, Netpicker. Netpicker is a Python-based testing platform that makes it easy to ensure your network is running compliantly and securely. In this post, we will look at Netpicker's main features, some of

Today, we will look at a new tool to hit the market named Slurp'it. Which defines itself as: a powerful and easy-to-use network discovery solution ... That sounds great, right? But what exactly does this mean? We will look at some of Slurp'it's features, the

Have you ever found yourself patiently waiting as Pip installs the various Python packages needed for your latest project? Well, the good folks at Astral aim to solve this common frustration with their new tool: uv! What is Uv? uv is a fast (10-100 times faster) high-speed package installer and

What is Pandas? Pandas is a Python library for performing data exploration, manipulation and analysis that allows you to work with data in easy-to-use Panda data structures, namely DataFrames. Pandas' popularity can be thanked based on its ease of use, flexibility and support in helping data scientists work with

What is Difftastic? Difftasic is a CLI tool that allows you to compare files based on their syntax rather than rely on line-by-line matching. For example, this means that if you had the following files, Difftastic would not detect any differences. $ cat vlans_1.json { "vlans": [100, 200,

In this post, we will answer the question, "What is Schema Validation?". But before we do, let's set the stage by discussing a fundamental aspect of network automation: Data. And when I say data, I mean "good" data! Data Data is required for everything

For a good few years, Black has been the defacto Python formatter. With the recent release of a new tool called Ruff, which describes itself as: An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter ... This raises the question: What is the difference between Black and Ruff? First of all, for

NetBox is a hugely popular open-source IP address management (IPAM) and data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) tool. NetBox provides a range of automation features, one of which is the ability to update NetBox with Ansible using the Ansible NetBox collection. In this short post, we'll walk through the