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Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate
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Google IT Automation with Python Professional Certificate

Learn in-demand skills like Python, Git, and IT automation to advance your career

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4.8

(38,759 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
6 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Automate tasks by writing Python scripts

  • Use Git and GitHub for version control

  • Manage IT resources at scale, both for physical machines and virtual machines in the cloud

  • Analyze real-world IT problems and implement the appropriate strategies to solve those problems

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  • Earn an employer-recognized certificate from Google
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Professional Certificate - 6 course series

Crash Course on Python

Course 120 hours4.8 (38,928 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Understand what Python is and why Python is relevant to automation

  • Write short Python scripts to perform automated actions

  • Understand how to use the basic Python structures: strings, lists, and dictionaries

  • Create your own Python objects

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Programming
Category: Data Structures
Category: Algorithms
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Scripting
Category: Development Environment
Category: Problem Management
Category: Debugging

Using Python to Interact with the Operating System

Course 233 hours4.7 (6,456 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Setup, configure, and use your own developer environment in Python

  • Manipulate files and processes running on the Operating System using Python

  • Understand and use regular expressions (regex), a powerful tool for processing text files

  • Know when to choose Bash or Python, and create small scripts using Bash

Skills you'll gain

Category: Operating Systems
Category: Scripting
Category: Linux Commands
Category: File Management
Category: Bash (Scripting Language)
Category: OS Process Management
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Automation
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Development Environment
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Unix Commands
Category: Python Programming
Category: Linux
Category: Debugging
Category: Development Testing
Category: IT Automation

Introduction to Git and GitHub

Course 320 hours4.8 (7,681 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Understand why version control is a fundamental tool for coding and collaboration

  • Install and run Git on your local machine

  • Use and interact with GitHub

  • Collaborate with others through remote repositories

Skills you'll gain

Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: GitHub
Category: Code Review
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Issue Tracking
Category: Remote Access Systems
Category: Version Control
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Software Configuration Management
Category: Software Development Tools

Troubleshooting and Debugging Techniques

Course 419 hours4.6 (3,008 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Analyze real-world IT problems and implement the appropriate strategies to solve those problems

  • Demonstrate techniques to quickly find and solve the root cause of problems in IT infrastructure

  • Understand the root cause for problems related to speed, crashes, or exhausted resources in your computer

  • Identify the most common pitfalls of your code and how to fix them

Skills you'll gain

Category: Debugging
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Scripting
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Capacity Management
Category: Incident Management
Category: Network Performance Management
Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Network Troubleshooting
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Technical Communication
Category: Technical Support
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Performance Testing
Category: Problem Management
Category: System Support
Category: Technical Documentation

Configuration Management and the Cloud

Course 518 hours4.7 (2,567 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Understand the benefits of configuration management and infrastructure as code

  • Create and maintain containers with Docker and Kubernetes to create efficient and safe application deployment

  • Automatically deploy new virtual machines running in the Cloud

  • Deploy changes in a safe manner following CICD principles

Skills you'll gain

Category: Containerization
Category: Puppet (Configuration Management Tool)
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Configuration Management
Category: Automation
Category: Kubernetes
Category: Docker (Software)
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS)
Category: DevOps
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Regression Testing
Category: Public Key Infrastructure
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: CI/CD
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Scalability
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Virtual Machines

Automating Real-World Tasks with Python

Course 616 hours4.8 (2,782 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Use Python external libraries to create and modify documents, images, and messages

  • Understand and use Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to interact with web services

  • Understand and use data serialization to send messages between running programs

  • Build a solution using the skills you have learned

Skills you'll gain

Category: Scripting
Category: Django (Web Framework)
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Restful API
Category: Automation
Category: Flask (Web Framework)
Category: Image Analysis
Category: Python Programming
Category: JSON
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Interoperability

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