Google IT Automation with Python

Crash Course on Python

• Understand what Python is and why it's relevant to automation
• Write Python scripts for automated tasks
• Utilize basic Python structures: strings, lists, and dictionaries
• Create Python objects

Using Python to Interact with the Operating System

• Set up and configure a developer environment in Python
• Manipulate files and processes using Python
• Utilize regular expressions and choose between Bash or Python for scripting

Introduction to Git and GitHub

• Understand the importance of version control in coding and collaboration
• Install and run Git on the local machine
• Collaborate through remote repositories using GitHub

Troubleshooting and Debugging Techniques

• Analyze real-world IT problems and implement appropriate strategies
• Demonstrate techniques to quickly find and solve root causes of IT issues
• Identify common pitfalls in code and how to fix them

Configuration Management and the Cloud

• Understand the benefits of configuration management and infrastructure as code
• Deploy and maintain containers with Docker and Kubernetes
• Automatically deploy new virtual machines in the Cloud

Automating Real-World Tasks with Python

• Use Python libraries to create and modify documents, images, and messages
• Interact with web services using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
• Utilize data serialization to send messages between running programs