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Alexa Skills Fundamentals (New 2019)

Name: Alexa Skills Fundamentals (New 2019)
Rating: 4.5 (23 reviews)

No Coding Experience Required!

Created byTroy Garrett

Last updated 9/2019

English

What you'll learn

Create Engaging Alexa Skill with No Coding Experience
Create Alexa Skills with the latest SDK - no outdated stuff here
Publish Alexa SKills
Learn the basic of JavaScript
Learn the basics of AWS Lambda

Course content

6 sections • 32 lectures • 3h 18m total length

Introduction4:46
Important Message1:15
Important Message on Resources

Create Amazon Developer Account
Create a Warmup Skill6:03
Create a new skill and explain the Interaction Model.
Interaction Model Part 23:27
Continue to Study and Edit the Interaction Model
Download Sample Code
Retrieve the Code and Make Basic Edits8:27
We retrieve some sample codes and start making edits. Don't worry, no experience is necessary, I'll show you every step in detail.
Modify the Data to Make the Office Etiquette Skill Useful9:02
Modify the data to turn it into the Office Etiquette Skill and test it.
Modify the Code5:56
Clean up the code a bit. Add some comments so we remember why we made the changes we did.
Create Custom Intents11:41
Create custom intents and handlers to make our skill more interactive.
Publish the Skill to Make it Public6:45
Publish the Skill to make it Public
Post Publish4:13
Look at editing and existing skill and exploring Analytics of the Published Skill
Install Visual Studio Code
Internationalizaion2:35
Examining i18n and Interceptors.

Create Skill and Interaction Model7:41
Interaction Model Part 24:36
Connecting the Interaction Model with AWS Lambda code to make the skill complete with font-end and back-end.
Interaction Model Part 38:48
Introduced code editor and fix what is broken in the sample code. Test.
Code Walk-though explanation of the sample code part 1_a2:30
Walk-through of the sample code with explanation of handlers, canhandle and functions.
Sample Code Explanation Part 1b8:36
Continues explanation of the Alexa sample code in preparation of modification.
Sample Code Walk Through / Explanation -part 23:59
Explain the AttractionIntent and how the recommendation is made based on the distance in the slot value or lack of a distance given
City Guide Walk-through4:02
Create the City Guide Skill
Modify the Code12:39
Edit Sample Code to create a different skill. Modify Intents, handlers, arrays, and optionally variables, functions and parameters.
Modify the Code Pat 26:23
Edit Variables, Functions and Parameters to customize the sample code for the new skill.
Modify the Yes Handler for custom output4:47
Change the Yes Handler to a custom response and test it to verify
Edit Intent and Handler5:24
Edit an Intent and Handler for customized output.
Create New Custom Intent and Handler9:08
Edit Intents and Handlers. Create new custom Intent and Handler. Test and troubleshoot.
Fix the Card2:35
Fix the Card to make it look good on a Smart Phone
Intent and Handler to Respond to a User's Decision4:58
Create a new Intent and Handler to handle a decision the user makes.
Custom Intent with Slot Values and Basic Code Manipulation9:22
Create custom Intent with Slots and pass that slot info to the handler to match an item on the Value Menu.
Wrap it up and Test the Skill4:27
Wrap up the editing and test the skill.

Requirements

Internet Connection

Description

In this project based course we explain and demonstrate how to create 2 engaging Alexa Skills with no prior coding experience required.

You will know how to create a skill with no coding.

Understand and modify the sample code.

Create an Alexa skill for a business, school, church or city.

Create an Alexa skill that gives random tips.

Create a city guide (and understand what you are doing and how to make changes).

We walk you through everything you need to know to build a skill, from a detailed lecture to step by step demonstrations.

See a skill get published, and how to modify the skill after it is published.

Did I mention, you don't need any coding experience?! All coding is done via copy / paste.

Learn how to make cards look right.

Learn JavaScript and Node.js basics (no exhaustive lecture on either).

Write Alexa Skills

Publish Alexa Skills

Securing your AWS Account:

1. How to create Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for you AWS Root Account.

2. How to create billing alerts for your account with CloudWatch, SNS and the Billing Console.

a. We use the “Free Tier” for everything in this course, but you can set up a billing alert in case you go over 1,000,000 requests and there is some spend on your account.

Write Alexa Skills

Code Alexa Skills

US English

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to create an Alexa Skill

Alexa Skills Fundamentals (New 2019)

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 6min

Steps to Building a Skill1 lecture • 4min

Definitions2 lectures • 17min

Create a Warmup Skill9 lectures • 58min

Main Event Skill16 lectures • 1hr 40min

Securing your AWS Account2 lectures • 11min

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