Data-driven Alexa skills : voice access to rich data sources for enterprise applications / Simon A. Kingaby.
2022
QA76.76.I58 K56 2022
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Title
Data-driven Alexa skills : voice access to rich data sources for enterprise applications / Simon A. Kingaby.
Author
Kingaby, Simon, author.
ISBN
9781484274491 (electronic bk.)
1484274490 (electronic bk.)
9781484274484
1484274482
1484274490 (electronic bk.)
9781484274484
1484274482
Published
[California] : Apress Media, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxiii, 415 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-1-4842-7449-1 doi
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QA76.76.I58 K56 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
006.30285/436
Summary
Design and build innovative, custom, data-driven Alexa skills for home or business. Working through several projects, this book teaches you how to build Alexa skills and integrate them with online APIs. If you have basic Python skills, this book will show you how to build data-driven Alexa skills. You will learn to use data to give your Alexa skills dynamic intelligence, in-depth knowledge, and the ability to remember. Data-Driven Alexa Skills takes a step-by-step approach to skill development. You will begin by configuring simple skills in the Alexa Skill Builder Console. Then you will develop advanced custom skills that use several Alexa Skill Development Kit features to integrate with lambda functions, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Internet data feeds. These advanced skills enable you to link user accounts, query and store data using a NoSQL database, and access real estate listings and stock prices via web APIs. What You Will Learn Set up and configure your development environment properly the first time Build Alexa skills quickly and efficiently using Agile tools and techniques Create a variety of data-driven Alexa skills for home and business Access data from web applications and Internet data sources via their APIs Test with unit-testing frameworks throughout the development life cycle Manage and query your data using the DynamoDb NoSQL database engines.
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Table of Contents
Part I. Getting Started
1. Voice User Interfaces
2. Routines and Blueprints
3. The Developer Accounts
4. Creating the VUI for a Custom Data-driven Skill
5. Writing the Back-end Code
6. Publishing an Alexa Skill
Part II: Custom Skill Development
7. Custom Alexa Skills
8. Beyond Hello World
9. Configuring the VUI
10. Using APL to Present on Screens
11. Coding the Lambda Function
12. Unit Testing an Alexa Skill
13. Storing the Data
Part III: Using APIs in Advanced Skills
14. A Personal Net Worth Skill
15. The Real Estate API
16. The Stock Market API
17: Whats Next?
1. Voice User Interfaces
2. Routines and Blueprints
3. The Developer Accounts
4. Creating the VUI for a Custom Data-driven Skill
5. Writing the Back-end Code
6. Publishing an Alexa Skill
Part II: Custom Skill Development
7. Custom Alexa Skills
8. Beyond Hello World
9. Configuring the VUI
10. Using APL to Present on Screens
11. Coding the Lambda Function
12. Unit Testing an Alexa Skill
13. Storing the Data
Part III: Using APIs in Advanced Skills
14. A Personal Net Worth Skill
15. The Real Estate API
16. The Stock Market API
17: Whats Next?