Python

The other day I was made aware (thanks to Dinesh Dutt) of a small tip when working with and iterating over Pandas DataFrames. If you`ve used Python and tools like Batfish (course here) or Suzieq (course here) to automate your network, then you may be familiar with DataFrames. However,

Don't get me wrong Pip is a great package manager but there is one thing that had always bugged me, that was having all the dependencies within a single file. For example having all of your development dependencies (linters, formators etc) and your application dependencies (Scrapli, Nornir etc)

A guide into the world of parsing. Learn how to build your own custom parser from scratch.

I want to share a recent addition to my network automation toolbox - Dq (Dictionary query). Dq is a Cisco Genie library that provides various helper functions to ease the parsing of nested Python dictionaries. For example, let's say we have the following Python dictionary. >>>

One project that I'm starting to use more and more is Rich. In short, Rich is a Python library for: writing rich text (with colour and style) to the terminal and displaying advanced content such as tables, markdown, and syntax highlighted code. ... and I have to say, it

Previously we looked at how to -- Style your Python Code like a Pro -- using the tool, Black. However, what about if there is a typo in your code? For example, a missing colon or closing bracket. This is where linting comes into play. Linting is the process of

For those of you who are automating your networks with Python, here's a little tool that will save you a ton of time and also make your code look like it's been written by a pro! Its called Black. Black is an awesome code formatter that

Eliminate boiler-plate code with Python data classes.

What is the Walrus Operator? Python 3.8 introduces the creatively named "walrus" operator. Expressed via :=, the walrus operator allows you to assign values to a variable as part of an expression. The key benefit to this new operator is that it reduces the amount of written code