Robotic Process Automation: Tech Primer

Learn the technical skills needed to get started in robotic process automation (RPA), including flowchart fundamentals, file systems basics, and entry-level programming concepts.

Introduction

• Robotic process animation (RPA)
• Why we need a tech primer
• System awareness and understanding

1. Flowchart Fundamentals

• Overview
• Flowchart fundamentals
• Flowchart best practices
• Flowchart tool demo
• RPA tool flowchart features

2. Windows File System Basics

• File system overview
• Ideal view settings
• Disk basics
• Folder basics
• File basics
• Screenshots
• Command-line basics
• Absolute vs. relative path
• Use a batch file to reduce clicks
• RPA tool vs. batch file
• Takeaways

3. Setup and Preview Tools

• Install Visual Studio
• Create a simple webpage
• Create a simple desktop app

4. Website Basics

• Web technology overview
• HTML: Tags
• HTML: Attributes
• Website structure
• CSS: Look and feel
• Bootstrap
• Summary

5. Web Selectors

• Web selectors overview
• UiPath Recorder disclaimer
• Set up sample files
• Selector basics
• Selector challenges
• Dynamic selectors

6. Programming Basics

• Programming basics
• A simple program
• Intro to functions
• Functions demo: Programming
• Functions demo: UiPath
• Intro to variables
• Variables demo: Programming
• Variables demo: UiPath
• Intro to object-oriented programming
• Object-oriented programming demo
• The .NET Framework