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Basics of YAML data serialization format for Software Engineers

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Tarun Telang

Hi! My name is Tarun Telang. I am a software engineering leader with over 16 years of experience in the industry. I have been conducting training, presenting in conferences, writing technical articles, and blogs related to software technology for more than 15 years now.

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  • Oracle Certified Programmer for Java 5 Platform
  • NASBA Certification on Remote Work
  • SAP Certified Application Management Expert for End to End Root Cause Analysis - Solution Manager 4.0 
  • SAP Certified Development Consultant for NetWeaver 04 Java Web  Application Development.  

Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

  1. About this course
  2. Prerequisites
  3. Target Audience
  4. Course Objective
  5. Technical Requirements
  6. Course Content
  7. e-Learning Options
  8. From the instructor’s desk
  9. About the Author

Introduction to YAML

  1. What is YAML ?
  2. Where is YAML used?
  3. Benefits of YAML
  4. Summary

YAML Syntax

  1. YAML Basics

Different Styles in YAML

  1. Block Style
  2. Comments

Data Types in YAML

  1. Data Types
  2. Variable (Scalars)
  3. Specifing Data Types Explicitly using Tags
  4. Integers (!!int)
  5. Floating Point (!!float)
  6. Boolean (!!bool)
  7. String (!!str)
  8. Null (!!null)
  9. TimeStamp
  10. Summary
  11. Advance Data Types

Sequence (or Array)

  1. Sparse sequence
  2. Nested Sequence
  3. Mappings
  4. Pairs
  5. Set
  6. Dictionary
  7. Nested Mappings

Special Features

  1. Anchors
  2. Default
  3. Summary

Comparision of Various Data Formats

  1. Various Data Formats
  2. Popular Tools using YAML
  3. Ansible
  4. Links to Useful YAML Tools
  5. Parsing and emitting YAML data
  6. YAML Quiz
  7. Suggested Further Reading

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