HashiConf '24 in Boston spotlighted innovations in Infrastructure Lifecycle Management and Secure Lifecycle Management. Key highlights included Terraform Stacks for scalable infrastructure, enhanced module lifecycle management, and the integration of security and compliance into development processes. The conference underscored the transformative potential of automation and multicloud strategies.

One challenge for a network engineer learning the 'tools of the trade' for programmable networks is how to set up a development environment. Learn how to use Visual Studio Code, a source-code editor, along with Docker, Vagrant and public or private cloud computing environments to enable programmable networks.