Network Programmability and Automation [Early Release]

Are you new to Software Defined Networking (SDN)? Have you been hung up in the
SDN crazy for the past several years? Whichever bucket you fall into, do not worry. Automation is the new skillset that network engineers need to pick up. Much like sysadmins have had to learn how to use new tools like Chef and Puppet, network engineers are learning that they just cant do things manually anymore.
No previous knowledge of software development, programming, automation, or DevOps is required.