Amazon Alexa Development: From Beginner to Intermediate

Amazon Alexa Development: From Beginner to Intermediate

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Have you ever wondered how Alexa Apps are made?

Why is Amazon and Google investing in voice technology?

A better question is why haven't you built an Alexa App yet.

If you ever wanted to understand the space of Voice Apps or build them yourself, then take my course "Amazon Alexa Development: From Beginner to Intermediate". I designed it in a practical way so that when you finish the content you can immediately put it into use with your Amazon Echo or online counterpart.

Now, why should you build Alexa Skills?

The biggest industries in technology are surrounded by AI, Bots, and Voice technology. Voice technology I believe will be the new 21st user interface that will not only understand basic commands, but will be so smart to understand anything you tell it. This is why Amazon is making a big bet with Alexa which it plans to generate close to $11 billion dollars by 2020. They know something about Amazon Echo which is why now is the best time to learn these skills before the mainstream starts developing applications. We all know the story about apps for the smartphones, this is the same thing. 

This course contains over 50 lectures and 1.5 hrs of content. It's designed for beginners to play with new platforms in the voice space. You’ll learn the tools needed to build the Alexa Skills, how Alexa Skills work, and publish a skill to Amazon's Alexa store. 

Course Structure

The course follows a familiar structure where in each video I will teach the concepts followed by a challenge or practice question. If your goal is to become a better developer, you should understand node.js, server side development and how to access certain APIs to build better Alexa Skills. The course does not go deep into understanding Node.js but you will understand the architecture and ability to publish apps for Alexa.

Environment Setup

This course aims to simulate a live in-person course as much as possible. After you finish each lecture, you should practice and try the solution on your own. You learn the best by practicing and doing. 

Projects

At the end of each section, you will be asked to complete the Alexa skill which you can then share with your network or on the Udemy network. 

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"This is a really good intro course to building simple but useful bots. Nick breaks each lesson up thoughtfully and into parts that are easy to follow and implement straight away. With modern api's to make bots from simple to highly sophisticated, this course it great for learning all the moving parts. I feel more confident in designing, building and marketing a bot myself now!" - Jason

What is the target audience?

This course is designed for people with little or no experience in javascript which is needed to make Alexa skills. By the end of the course, you’ll have valuable skills that will help you be creative and resourceful in your pursuit of building products (hopefully in the voice space :)

Next Steps

Now it's time to become a Techustler and join me in registering for the course. I can’t wait to have you on board!

Learn how to create and publish Alexa Skills, understand voice UI, and be comfortable with AWS and Alexa Skills Kit

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What you will learn

• Ability to create multiple Alexa Skills related to Twitter, Wikipedia, Fitness Routines, Calculator, Sending Texts
• Understand the basics of VUI design - Creating this skill will help you understand the basics of creating a working Voice User Interface (VUI)
• You will learn by doing, and end up with a published Alexa skill

Rating: 3.85

Level: All Levels

Duration: 3.5 hours

Instructor: Nicholas "Techustler" Ivanecky