This is the code repository for Robotic Process Automation for Developers [Video], published by Packt. It contains all the supporting project files necessary to work through the video course from start to finish.
The future of work is here: digital workforces. RPA solves a major software integration problem by automating at the presentation layer. Robotic Process Automation is the automation of repetitive and rule-based human tasks working with software applications at the User Interface layer.
This course aims to make you ready for new-age RPA Developer jobs in the Digital Workforce era. You will begin by learning RPA concepts and how they can benefit people at their work. Then, you will master UI automation and extract content using scraping methods. You will get to know the various recorders available in UiPath to record human actions. Finally, you will build a workflow automation and get the hang of automating Excel, PDF, e-mail and Citrix applications.
By the end of the course, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and skills to apply the power of automation to your projects.
- RPA use cases and benefits
- Building workflow automation using three available workflow types
- How to handle different types of data inside a workflow
- Data scraping and recorders
- Debugging and exception handling
- Reusing automations to invoke workflows and templates
- Automating desktop, web and Citrix Applications
- Automating Excel, PDFs, and emails
To fully benefit from the coverage included in this course, you will need:
The course is for developers who want to get started with their career in RPA. This video course will appeal to IT Professionals, Software Developers, Software Test Automation Professionals, IT Infrastructure Management professionals, Business Process Owners, and Business IT Process Operations professionals.
Prerequisites for this course are a knowledge of elementary programming concepts and the basics of OOPs.
This course has the following software requirements:
Minimum Hardware Requirements for successful completion of this course, students will require the computer systems with at least the following:
• OS: Windows 7 and above
• Processor: 1.4GHz 32-bit(x86)
• Memory: 4GB
• Storage: 1GB
Recommended Hardware Requirements
For an optimal experience with hands-on labs and other practical activities, we recommend the following configuration:
• OS: Windows 10, .NET Framework 4.7
• Processor: Dual Core 1.8GHz 64Bit or better configuration
• Memory: 4GB or better
• Storage: 1GB or better
Software Requirements:
• Operating system: Windows 10 (Windows 7 and above also ok)
• Browser: Latest versions of IE, Chrome, Firefox
• UiPath Community Edition 2018.3.1 (Latest as of 19-Oct-2018) - Free Download is available
• Microsoft Excel, PDF Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Outlook (optional), Any VM Software like Citrix or VMWare or VirtualBox or any other (optional)