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Learn basic concepts, syntax, data types, key features, and capabilities of YAML data serialization language.

What you will learn

What is YAML?

Overview of YAML data serialization language and its benefits

Overview of various use cases of YAML

Building a deep understanding of YAML’s syntax and its supported data types

Using simple and complex data types of YAML to model data

Generating powerful structures using nested containers

Ability to create, understand and maintain structured data using YAML data format

Working with anchors in documents

Usage of advanced features of YAML

Various tools for creating YAML effectively

Description

In this course, you will run through a comprehensive overview of the YAML data serialization language and its syntax. You will also cover the basic concepts behind this language, understand its main features, and the capabilities of YAML.

This course is for Software Engineers, Full Stack Web Developers, DevOps Engineers, Software Architects, Managers, and Hobbyists; wondering what YAML is?

Every software engineer looking to create structured data in a compact and human-readable format should learn YAML. YAML is a key technology for creating complex configurations in various modern technologies related to automation, testing, containerization, AWS/Azure/GCP cloud deployment, DevOps, etc. This course covers YAML in its entirety in a very to-the-point manner.

After taking the course you would be adding YAML to your skillset in less than an hour. You will have a great new skill that is transferable and highly applicable. This course is aimed at software engineers of all levels, from beginner to advanced, who want to get updated with YAML syntax.

Learning Objectives for this course are:

  •   What is YAML?
  •   The basic syntax of YAML
  •   Primitive data types in YAML
  •   Complex data types
  •   Advance features of YAML
  •   Comparison of YAML with other popular data formats like JSON and XML
  •   Representing data using YAML
  •   Different styles and Special features of YAML
  •   Tools and Technologies leveraging YAML data serialization format
  •   Creating and validating YAML

Buying this course entitles you to all future updates.

This course is aimed at software engineers of all levels, from beginner to advanced, who want to get up to date with YAML syntax. There are no prerequisites for taking this course. However, basic knowledge and familiarity with HTML, XML, and JSON would be helpful.

The course is backed by carefully designed quizzes and engaging exercises. In addition, this course also contains video lectures, reading materials, associated presentations, source codes, and references to the latest tools, frameworks, and libraries related to YAML.

After completing this course you would also earn a YAML certificate to add to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or personal website.


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Testimonials

Check out what existing students have to say about the course:

>> Amazing Course Nicely explained. Very helpful for beginners to learn easily from basics and get expertise. The core topics are covered in-depth step by step with live examples and all fundamentals concepts, I truly enjoyed learning this course very informative highly recommended to everyone, waiting eagerly to learn more topics Thanks Tarun Telang wish you all the best..!!!

>> Hi Tarun, I think you have covered everything required. I was not aware of YAML before and now when I am studying AWS cloud formation then I realized the content you have covered is very much useful. Thanks for the course.

>> Great course on Yaml

>> The simplicity with which the trainer has explained this topic is very appreciable. even a beginner can understand it very well with clarity. I very much liked the comparison used among JSON, XML, and YAML to explain the concepts, which helped me to understand the context of YAML Usage.

>> Good coverage for what I needed.

>> very well explained

>> Thorough overview of YAML.

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Content

Introduction

[Video] About this Course
[Article] Course Overview

Getting Started with YAML

[Video] Introduction to YAML
[Video] What is YAML?
[Article] YAML Overview
[Article] YAML Basics
Quiz on YAML fundamentals

YAML Features

[Video] Basic Syntax of YAML
[Article] Multi-Document Support in YAML
[Video] Different Styles in YAML
[Article] Block style and Flow style in YAML
[Video] Writing Comments in YAML
[Article] Comments
[Article] Summary of YAML Features
Quiz on YAML basic syntax

Comparision of Various Data Formats

[Video] Sample Data Model
[Video] Representing Data in XML
[Article] XML Overview
[Video] Representing Data in JSON
[Article] JSON Overview
[Video] Representing Data in YAML
[Article] YAML Overview

Data Types in YAML

[Article] Basic Data Types
[Video] Tags, Scalars (Variables) and Basic Data Types in YAML
Quiz on YAML data types
Quiz on Data Formats

Advanced Data Types in YAML

[Video] Sequences, Nested Sequences and Mappings in YAML
[Video] Dictionaries as Nested Mappings in YAML
[Article] Advanced Data Types in YAML
[Video] Anchors and Merging Mapping – Special Features in YAML
[Text] Special Features
Quiz on advanced data types in YAML

YAML Usage in Modern Tools

[Article] Popular Tools supporting YAML Data Format
[Article] Libraries for parsing and emitting YAML data
[Article] Useful Tools for Creating and Validating YAML data
Exercise on Creating and Validating YAML data

Course wrap up

Quiz on YAML
[Video] About the Author