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Python Basics for SRE, DevOps & Cloud

Video → labs → code → quiz — the Python every ops engineer actually uses

Beginner 11 lessons ~1.9 hr video article lab challenge quiz

About this course

Python is the duct tape of modern operations: it parses logs, calls cloud APIs, glues CI pipelines together, and powers half the tooling you already run. This course teaches exactly the slice of Python an SRE, DevOps, or cloud engineer needs — no web frameworks, no academic detours. No installs required: practice in the in-page shell, and the graded code challenges run right in your browser. Free to enroll · about 2–2.5 hours end to end · certificate when you finish every step.

Course content

4 modules · 11 lessons

1. Foundations

4 lessons
  1. Why Python runs modern operationsvideo12 minfree preview
  2. Running Python like an engineerarticle10 minfree preview
  3. Variables, strings & f-strings for ops outputarticle9 min
  4. Lab: Python in the sandboxlab12 min

2. Working with data

2 lessons
  1. Lists & dicts: inventories and configsarticle11 min
  2. Code: extract the log levelchallenge10 min

3. Automation practice

3 lessons
  1. Control flow & functions: retries and thresholdsarticle11 min
  2. Code: count the ERROR lineschallenge12 min
  3. Files & JSON: reading real configsarticle10 min

4. Assess yourself

2 lessons
  1. Quiz: Python for opsquiz12 min
  2. Where Python takes you nextarticle6 min