InternshipTools and first-week setup
The tools a Robotic Process Automation intern uses and how to set up your workspace in week one.
These are the main tools for Robotic Process Automation tasks. You do not need all of them on day one; the Level 1 tasks tell you when to install each one.
- UiPath Studio (Community)
- UiPath Orchestrator (Automation Cloud)
- REFramework
- Excel
- Document Understanding
- REST APIs
Set up your workspace
- Create a free GitHub account if you do not have one, with a professional username, and set up your LinkedIn profile: every task is submitted with a LinkedIn post.
- Create one repository for the internship, for example robotic-process-automation-uipath-internship, with a README that says who you are and what the repo holds.
- Keep one folder per task, named with the task number and title, so mentors find your work quickly.
- Commit small changes every day with clear messages. Your daily work report uses these commits as proof.
- Never commit passwords, API keys or personal data. Put secrets in a .env file and add it to .gitignore.
Your first tasks
| Task | What to do |
|---|---|
| What RPA is | In a repo named rpa-internship, explain RPA, attended versus unattended bots and 5 business processes that suit automation, with reasons. |
| Install UiPath Studio | Install UiPath Studio Community Edition, connect it to UiPath Automation Cloud (free) and run a Hello World message box. |
| Variables and arguments | Build a workflow that asks for a name and marks, uses variables of different types and shows a grade. |
| Control flow | Use If, Switch, For Each and While activities to process a list of 20 invoices and total them by status. |