Video description
Amazon's Alexa is the world's most popular voice activated digital assistant. More than seven million Alexa-ready devices are in use, and more than ten thousand Alexa voice applications - aka Alexa skills - have already been published. In this course, Alexa Champion Terren Peterson explains the underlying architecture of the Alexa platform and then shows you, step-by-step, how to create an Alexa skill and get it published onto the Alexa platform, where it could be used by millions of people.
- Discover the Amazon Developer Services portal and harness it to build your first Alexa application
- Explore the AWS Lambda platform that hosts the Alexa apps used by the general public
- Master each phase of the entire Alexa software development lifecycle
- Learn about interaction models, intent schemas, Lambda function testing, and more
- Understand the basics of creating a voice user interface (VUI)
Table of contents
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Introduction
- Welcome To The Course 00:01:38
- About The Author 00:00:53
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Alexa Architecture Overview
- Amazon Hardware Review 00:02:03
- Alexa Platform Overview 00:02:48
- What Is A Skill? 00:04:08
- Interaction Model Overview 00:03:40
- Request Response Model Overview 00:05:00
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How To Write Your First Alexa App
- Creating An Amazon Developer Account 00:01:52
- Choosing A Skill Name 00:03:27
- Creating The Intent Schema 00:00:54
- Identifying Sample Utterances 00:03:05
- Authoring Publishing Information 00:04:42
- Creating An Amazon Web Services Account 00:02:06
- Authoring Your First Lambda Function 00:05:13
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Testing Your Application
- Establishing Test Conditions 00:00:55
- Using The Developer Console To Unit Test 00:03:53
- How To Unit Test A Lambda Function 00:02:18
- Using An Actual Device To Test With Your Voice 00:01:01
- How To Check For Errors Within Lambda 00:01:30
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Deploying Your Application
- Skill Certification Process 00:01:04
- How To Submit Your Skill For Approval 00:02:04
- Receiving User Feedback 00:02:09
- Tracking Skill Usage 00:02:14
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Conclusion
- Wrap Up And Thank You 00:01:02
Product information
- Title: Introduction to Amazon Alexa Skill Development
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2017
- Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
- ISBN: 9781491985601
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