Alexa Essential Training (updated Feb 2019)

Alexa Essential Training (updated Feb 2019)

*** You do not need an Alexa Device to take this course and build skills. Happy Learning :) ***

Alexa is taking over the world. It started with speakers, then phones, digital displays, refrigerators, bulbs, televisions and even cars.  Within just 2 years; more than 25000 skills were added to the  Alexa Store. It is predicted that by 2020 more than 100 million households will own an alexa powered device. 

It's no wonder that companies are investing heavily in incorporating Alexa into their products. If they have a IOS or Android app, they now also want to publish an Alexa app.

Hence Alexa developers are in high demand. The earlier you jump in and gain seniority, the better your career prospects are.

This course is an in-depth tutorial on Alexa development. We utilize Javascript as our primary development language. 

We cover the following topics:

• What is Alexa and the current trends in Alexa skill development

• Voice User Interface Design

• Learn how to carry out multi-turn conversations and dialogs with customer

• How to setup a development environment in Alexa

• Using AWS Lambda for Alexa skills development

• Using express-NodeJs for Alexa skills development

• Understanding voice interaction model

• Learning how to use the Latest Alexa development tools like the "Skill Builder" and "Testing Simulator"

• Develop skills using ASK CLI and ASK SDK v2

• Develop several complete games & business skills from scratch

• and much more

The goal of this course is to make you an expert in the topic of Alexa development. 

Use Alexa CLI & SDK v2 to build several complete Alexa games & business skills from scratch. (No Device needed)

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What you will learn

• Develop Alexa skills using Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) and publish skills to Alexa Skill Store
• Create Skills using Account linking feature of Alexa Skills Kit, so that you can link Alexa user with use in your system
• Learn how to access external APIs from your Alexa Skills

Rating: 3.7

Level: All Levels

Duration: 10 hours

Instructor: Shreya Vakil