Chapter 1: About Automation Anywhere

Robot Process Automation (RPA) has attracted significant investment from many corporate organizations in recent years. This has opened up many opportunities for using RPA, whether you are an experienced developer wanting to gain additional valuable skills or you're thinking about starting your career as an RPA developer. Not only will you learn what commands and functionality Automation Anywhere (AA) has to offer; you will also gain practical experience of how to use them. You will put everything you learn into practice with plenty of walk-throughs.

In this chapter, we will summarize what Robot Process Automation is. You will learn about what AA is, what it does, and get some initial insights into their RPA tool. There are a number of versions available from AA, you will gain an understanding of the differences between them. This book is based on the latest Community Edition A2019. Besides being the latest version, there are several other...