Google IT Automation with Python
Professional Certificate

Tools

• Stack Overflow
• Codeblocks
• Repl.it
• Jupyter Notebooks
• Qwiklabs

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Automate tasks by writing Python scripts
• Manage IT resources at scale, both for physical machines and virtual machines in the cloud
• Use Git and GitHub for version control
• Analyze real-world IT problems and implement appropriate strategies to solve those problems

SKILLS GAINED

• Using version control
• Troubleshooting and debugging
• Configuration management
• Automation
• Basic Python data structures
• Fundamental programming concepts
• Basic Python syntax
• Python programming
• Object-Orientated Programming (OOP)
• Setting up a development environment
• Regular expression (REGEX)

COURSES

Course 1 Crash Course on Python

• [x] Week 1 Hello Python!
• [x] Week 2 Basic Python Syntax
• [x] Week 3 Loops
• [x] Week 4 Strings, Lists and Dictionaries
• [ ] Week 5 Object Oriented Programming(Optional)
• [x] Week 6 Final Project

Course 2 Using Python to Interact with the Operating System

• [x] Week 1 Getting Your Python On
• [x] Week 2 Managing Files with Python
• [x] Week 3 Regular Expressions
• [x] Week 4 Managing Data Processes
• [x] Week 5 Testing in Python
• [x] Week 6 Bash Scripting
• [x] Week 7 Final Project

Course 3 Introduction to Git and GitHub

• [x] Week 1 Introduction to Version Control
• [x] Week 2 Use Git Locally
• [x] Week 3 Working with Remotes
• [x] Week 4 Collaboration

Course 4 Troubleshooting and Debugging Techniques

• [x] Week 1 Troubleshooting Concepts
• [x] Week 2 Slowness
• [x] Week 3 Crashing Programs
• [x] Week 4 Managinge Resources

Course 5 Configuration Management and the Cloud

• [x] Week 1 Automating with Configuration Management
• [x] Week 2 Deploying Puppet
• [x] Week 3 Automation in the Cloud
• [x] Week 4 Managing Cloud Instances at Scale

Course 6 Automating Real-World Tasks with Python

• [x] Week 21 Manipulating Images
• [x] Week 22 Interacting with Web Services
• [x] Week 23 Automatic Output Generation
• [x] Week 24 Putting It All Together