Last year I picked up a new tech tool called TagUI to create Robotic Process Automation (steps) and flows particularly for extracting data off websites. Last week, I decided to complete a free beginner course curated by AI SG to further improve my skills in using the open-source tech tool.
There were 3 main parts to the course and I have to say that the hands-on components were really helpful for me to get a hang of the tool. In the first segment, besides learning how to install and use Microsoft Words for TagUI, we also learnt how to use Chrome Extensions like Selectors Hub - XPath plugin to easily extract/copy the XPaths which are then used to refer to different elements on a site.
The 2nd section was the main hands-on component. We had to learn how to login to a site, fill information into forms and even automate it based on a '.csv' file (which was provided). I think what was interesting for me was learning to use Windows Task Scheduler to automate it fully on a daily basis and I believe my mentor use a variation of that to automate updating of SLS lessons in the Community Gallery on a regular basis.
In the 3rd and final section, we went into several tips and tricks and also to be familiar with the documentation for reference sake. I would probably have to look for more use cases in my workstream to reduce repetitive tasks and I think such work might be coming when I do testing with students for the InteresThing prototype. Till then, I look forward to the Advanced level course and also to learning more about its usage through the Telegram group and from my mentor as well.
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