Amazon eBook (Kindle) customers: It is easy to miss
Amazon’s email that lists your PTP access code. Soon
after you purchase the Kindle eBook, Amazon should
send an email. However, the email uses very generic
text and makes no specific mention of PTP or practice
exams. To find your code, read every email from
Amazon after you purchase the book. Also do the usual
checks for ensuring your email arrives, like checking
your spam folder.Note
Other eBook customers: As of the time of publication,
only the publisher and Amazon supply PTP access
codes when you purchase their eBook editions of this
book.HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED
Although this book can be read cover-to-cover, it is
designed to be flexible and allow you to easily move
between chapters and sections of chapters to cover just
the material that you need more work with. Chapter 1
provides an overview of the Cisco career certifications
and offers some strategies for how to prepare for the
exams. The dichotomy of that is in Chapters 2 through
18. These chapters are the core chapters and can be
covered in any order. If you do intend to read them all,
the order in the book is an excellent sequence to use.
The core chapters, Chapters 2 through 18 , cover the
following topics:
Chapter 2, “Software Development and Design”: This chapter
introduces key software development methods, like Waterfall and Agile,
and includes the common design patterns MVC and Observer. Software
version control systems, how to use Git, and how to conduct code
reviews are covered as well.
Chapter 3, “Introduction to Python”: This chapter provides an
overview of Python syntax, working with various data types, getting
input and producing output, and how to use conditionals and loops to
control program flow.