Reusable Components

Since the beginning of this book, we have been talking about robotics process automation (RPA) projects and their short duration. While we already know that RPA projects are short-lived, what’s important is that this short duration helps businesses reap the benefits sooner rather than later. But how we make it even faster, better, and cheaper is something to mull over. If a project is scheduled for 8 or 10 weeks as per the project timeline, the code still has to be written and tested, and a complete software development life cycle (SDLC) has to be followed, but then what can be done to make it even shorter? Is there a way or technique that can be used, implemented, or brought into practice to help? The answer is yes, and in IT, we call this solution reusable components or reusable code snippets.

In this chapter, we will talk about reusable components and how they help in making the development cycle shorter and more robust. We will also talk about some...