Learn Microsoft Bot Framework

Collect input from users using a waterfall dialog with built-in prompts in the Microsoft Bot Framework, guiding a sequence of questions to greet by name.

Learn how to add memory to a bot by persisting a user's name across conversations, using a memory store to save and recall the user data.

Install essential modules for a Microsoft Bot Framework project using npm, set up the project structure, and create the main application file to initialize bot functionality.

Set up bot server and chat connector, register service on public endpoint with app id and password, and use dialect class to determine intent during emulator testing.

Set up a database connection for the HR bot by creating an utf-8 HR database, importing the course's kill file to create employees and another table, and configuring error-handled access.

Learn to build a holidays display dialog in the Microsoft Bot Framework that shows Canadian holidays with a prepared card and emulator-based testing.

Learn to build a login flow in the Microsoft Bot Framework, prompting for username and password, encrypting credentials, authenticating against a database, and displaying a welcome message.

Learn to implement a new employee dialogue in the Microsoft Bot Framework, including admin authentication, password hashing, and saving new employees to the database.

Create a sick day request dialogue in the Microsoft Bot Framework using a hero card with yes and no postback buttons, checking the employee's balance in a database.

Implement a sick day request flow in a Microsoft Bot Framework bot, validating employee sick days, updating the database, and handling errors to confirm remaining days.

Deploy your bot to production by creating a public ngrok tunnel to your local bot, configuring the bot in the Microsoft Bot Framework portal, and testing channels like Skype.