Alexa Skill Coding Class for Beginners - (new 2019)

Description

In this project based course we explain and demonstrate how to create an Alexa Skill for a Business, School or Organization:

• How to Build an Alexa Skill with the Latest SDK

  • We build and Publish 2 skills in this Course

• Deep Dive of the JavaScript / Node.js Sample Code

  • But not an Exhaustive JavaScript / Node.js Course

• You will Understand the Sample Code and how to Manipulate it

  • Not just plug in “data text”

  • Build Alexa Skills, Code Alexa Skills, Publish Alexa Skills

• Synonyms

  • Not just the Interaction Model, we will modify the Code to use the Synonym

• How to work with Multiple Languages and have Alexa Respond with the Language that reflects the Locale of the Echo Device

• Build an Alexa Skill with Alexa Self Hosted, no AWS Account Needed

• Build an Alexa Skill that uses AWS Lambda and how to make it with the Interaction Model

• AWS S3 Object Storage Buckets

• Picture Cards

  • Verify Cards look good on all types of devices

  • Professional looking Alexa Skills for Business or School should have picture cards

• SSML and Playing MP3 files for Responses

• Filtering the SSML Codes out of the Alexa Cards

  • Having code show up in the card will prevent the skill from passing Certification for Publication in the Alexa Skill Store

• Creating Dialog in an Alexa Skill that Normally doesn’t have it

• Test the Alexa Skill Code in AWS Lambda

• Custom Slots

• Custom Intents

• Custom Intent Handlers

• canHandle()

• File Dependencies

• How to Publish a real Skill and Re-Certify it after Changes

• How to use a Code Editor

• 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.