Networking Tools Cheat Sheet
Developer Support Options
Break/Fix: Contact the TAC if a Cisco API is not working as expected.
Consulting/Best Practices: Please use the DevNet Community to get general best practice help/tips/examples for using Cisco APIs.
One-on-One Consulting: Contact a Cisco development partner or contact your Cisco Sales teams for Professional Services options.
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- Networking Dev Center - Learn how you can integrate with the network through full system management solutions in the cloud, utilize automation platforms and controllers, or directly interact with devices with APIs and Interfaces.
IDEs
- an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a software package available for download and use that can help simplify the development process. IDEs integrate many of the common tasks in software development to enable rapid application development.
- PyCharm - an IDE with full support for Python, as well as for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js and more.
- Komodo - another IDE with full support for Python, as well as Go, Perl, Ruby and more.
- Visual Studio Code - The most popular IDE, and for good reason: VS Code is a code editor redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications.
SDKs
Sandboxes
Learning Labs
Cisco Modeling Labs
- Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) is our premier platform for network simulation. With an easy-to-use HTML5 UI and a comprehensive API, Cisco Modeling Labs makes it fun to design, test, troubleshoot, and learn.
- Cisco Modeling Labs - on Cisco DevNet
Postman
- Postman can be utilized to build and test APIs. In the context of network programmability where an API is already constructed and ready to be followed, administrators and developers can utilize Postman to debug code and test REST calls that need to be made. Postman also offers a browser extension for Google Chrome, available within the Chrome Web Store. There are similar easy-to-use tools like Insomnia and Paw that are popular as well.
- Postman - collaboration platform for API development
- Cisco DevNet Postman Collection - DevNet's Postman collection, which is hosted on Postman site
Cisco Active Advisor
- Cisco Active Advisor simplifies network discovery and finds security alerts that apply to your devices. It also analyzes contract coverage and end-of-life status, and can compare your network against Cisco Validated Designs. Best of all, it's free.
- Cisco Active Advisor - Reduce network risk and boost security for free
Cisco Network Assistant
- Cisco Network Assistant is a PC-based network management application optimized for wired and wireless networks for growing Small-Medium sized businesses. Cisco Network Assistant provides a centralized network view with a user-friendly GUI that simplifies configuration, management, and troubleshooting.
- Cisco Network Assistant - Using Cisco Network Assistant, network administrators can easily apply common services, generate inventory reports and synchronize passwords across Cisco switches, routers, wireless LAN controllers, and access points.