Our Last Meeting - Wednesday March 7, 2017

This session is a Hands-On Workshop for Network Engineers that have little or no experience with the Python Scripting/Programming Language. The goal of this Workshop is not to actually teach the fundamentals of the Language. (Although we will provide numerous links to excellent resources to learn Python.) Instead, the Workshop will walk the attendees through the process of setting up many of the key tools on their laptop to make the development of Python scripts/programs easy to write and debug. This includes installing the latest Python compilers (both 2.7 and 3.6) on their Windows PC’s, installing the PyCharm Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that helps you write Python programs, installing the git utility to quickly and easily download Python Code Repositories and many other tips and techniques.

By the end of this Workshop, the attendee will have all the key tools loaded onto their laptop and have a basic understanding as to how to make use of them. They will also have a quick exposure to the Python Language via some simple examples ("Hello World" and other examples) and will have access to additional resources to learn the Python programming language.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Because it is unlikely that Cisco IT will be able to supply WiFi access to attendees at this DFWCUG meeting, attendees wishing to participate in the Hands-On exercises MUST have pre-stage (but not installed) key installer packages on their laptop prior to coming to the meeting. They will then be walked through the steps to install and setup these tools. Watch for more details on the links to the installers that must be pre-staged in our Newsletter that is sent to all registered DFWCUG members.

Details on what to download to your laptop for the Workshop were sent in the Meeting Announcement email. The email is from "The DFWCUG" in case you need to search your inbox.

Beau Williamson, CCIE #1346

Beau Williamson (aka “Mr. Multicast”) is a Principle Network Engineer whose area of expertise is General IP Routing and IP Multicast. Mr. Williamson received his B.S. in Mathematics (with a specialty in Computer Science) from the University of Texas (Dallas) in 1984 and has been working in the computer and networking technology fields for well over 30 years. 14 of those years were with Cisco Systems teaching and consulting on IP Multicast all over the world. This work includes writing scripts and programs for Dev-Net operations as well as developing other software for his other passion which is building flight simulators. His software development experience covers a variety of programming languages including Python, C#, C++ and many others.

Besides being an accomplished Network engineer, Mr. Williamson prides himself at being able to translate, teach and mentor other engineers on complex networking topics. In fact, many of Mr. Williamson’s presentations have been recorded and are used as technical speaker training material by Power Speaking, Inc. on how to give top-notch technical presentations. He has won numerous awards for speaking including Five Time Cisco Networkers Top “Power Session” Presenter and Three Time Cisco Networkers Top “Breakout Session” Presenter and is a CiscoLive Distinguished Speaker.

Finally, Mr. Williamson is a 20+ Year R&S CCIE #1346 (currently CCIE Emeritus), has two network technology Patents and is the author of the highly acclaimed Cisco Press book, “Developing IP Multicast Networks”

The DFWCUG wishes to thank Performance Recruiters as our meeting sponsor for February 2018

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