Extreme Alexa Skills Dev: Mastering Templates and Back-End

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Matt Pitts

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1. Introduction

1. Coming Soon - Course Update.mp4

12:16

2.1 Infrastructure as Code with AWS CloudFormation.html

2.2 Use your own custom template to create Alexa Skills.html

2. Welcome to the course.mp4

01:50

3.1 AWS DynamoDB Docs.html

3.2 AWS Lambda Docs.html

3.3 TypeScript Documentation.html

3. Course Overview.mp4

02:07

2. Tooling

1. Recommended Tools Introduction.mp4

01:06

2. Tools Instructions.mp4

01:30

3.1 Amazon Developer Account.html

3.2 AWS Account.html

3. Accounts.mp4

00:42

4.1 ASK CLI.html

4.2 AWS CLI.html

4. CLI Tools.mp4

00:49

5.1 ASK Toolkit for Visual Studio Code.html

5.2 ASK Typescript Definitions.html

5.3 AWS Node SDK.html

5.4 Git.html

5.5 Node.js.html

5.6 Visual Studio Code.html

5. Other Tools.mp4

02:08

6.1 ASK CLI Credentials.html

6.2 AWS CLI Named Profiles.html

6. ASKAWS CLI.mp4

04:17

7.1 ASK CLI Documentation.html

7.2 AWS CLI Documentation.html

7. Demo ASKAWS CLI.mp4

06:34

3. Custom Templates

1.1 Using Templates for Alexa Skills.html

1. Introduction to Custom Templates.mp4

01:14

2. Why Use Custom Templates.mp4

02:26

3. Template Anatomy.mp4

04:05

4. Custom Template Creation Process.mp4

00:46

4. Creating Custom Skill Templates from Scratch

1. Creating the template and adding the structure.mp4

03:18

2.1 ASK Skill Manifest.html

2. Building out the Skill Manifest.mp4

05:15

3.1 ASK Interaction Model.html

3. Adding a simple Interaction Model.mp4

06:13

4. Add Lambda Function structure.mp4

03:13

5.1 TS Config.html

5. Configure Typescript.mp4

05:07

6.1 TypeScript Compiler Options.html

6. Compile Typescript.mp4

03:26

5. Write Boilerplate Skill Code

1.1 Standard Built in Intents.html

1. Write the Skill Initialization Code.mp4

09:08

2. Write the Cancel Intent Handler.mp4

08:16

3. Write the Fallback Intent Handler.mp4

06:38

4. Write the Help Intent Handler.mp4

01:14

5. Write the Stop Intent Handler.mp4

01:14

6. Write the Custom Error Handler.mp4

05:49

7. Write the Session Ended Handler.mp4

02:43

8. Write the Launch Request Handler.mp4

04:18

9. Write the Hello Handler.mp4

03:06

10.1 ASK Request Handlers.html

10. Register the handlers.mp4

05:33

6. Adding Speech Constructs

1.1 SSML.html

1. About Speech Constructs in the Custom Template.mp4

01:50

2. Add speech enumerations.mp4

05:55

3. Add the speech library.mp4

08:14

4. Build out the main speech class.mp4

06:08

5. Add the speech helper service.mp4

09:44

6. Implement the speech construct in the intent handlers.mp4

09:49

7. Adding Runtime Constructs

1. About Runtime Constructs in the Custom Skill Template.mp4

01:00

2. Adding the runtime constructs.mp4

03:00

3. Write a runtime state service.mp4

05:40

4. Implement runtime state constructs.mp4

03:17

8. Section 8 Adding Storage Constructs

1.1 Skill and Session Attributes.html

1. About Storage Constructs in the Custom Template.mp4

01:15

2. Add the storage service.mp4

01:04

3. Add method for retrieving specific attributes.mp4

02:47

4. Add method to sync persistent attributes to the session.mp4

04:35

5. Add method to sync session and persistent attributes.mp4

04:10

6. Add method to sync and persist both session and persistent attributes.mp4

05:07

7. Implement methods of the storage service.mp4

03:53

9. Adding Default Attribute Schemas

1. About Default Attributes.mp4

02:00

2. Adding a default profile attribute.mp4

05:14

3. Adding default attributes at run time.mp4

07:13

10. Adding Request and Response Interceptors

1.1 Request and Response Interceptors.html

1. About Request and Response Interceptors.mp4

01:22

2. Adding and registering a global request interceptor.mp4

04:42

3. Adding and registering a global response interceptor.mp4

02:57

11. Extra Tips Add Other Default Services

1.1 Alexa ISP.html

1. About the Alexa ISP service and the Alexa API service.mp4

01:30

2. Adding the Alexa ISP Service.mp4

12:27

3. Adding the Alexa API Service.mp4

11:00

12. Infrastructure

1.1 Adonous Tech Alexa Skills Starter Template.html

1. Infrastructure Introduction.mp4

06:01

2. Using the Custom Template.mp4

03:10

3. Create and configure a new skill based on the custom template.mp4

05:41

4. Examine the CloudFormation Template and Deploy.mp4

07:10

5. Deploy the skill for the first time to the Amazon Developer Console.mp4

14:26

13. Automated Workflow

1. About automated skill development workflow.mp4

01:54

2. Automated updates and deployment.mp4

07:37

14. Conclusion

1. Thank You.mp4

00:42

Description

Learn how to create custom templates and automated infrastructure to rapidly build professional Alexa Skills.

What You'll Learn?

The tools required for professional skill development workflow
How to build a custom Alexa skills template
How to build Alexa skills using TypeScript
How to increase skill building speed and efficiency
How to create a back-end for their skill in AWS
How to automate their skill infrastructure
How to automate building and deployment of their skill

Who is this for?

Beginner to Intermediate Alexa Skill developers

Entry level to Junior professional developers

Senior Developers

AWS Developers with some Alexa Skills Development experience

What You Need to Know?

Have built and published at least 1 Alexa Skill

Understand front-end development methodologies and tools

Have a basic understanding of AWS

Have a basic understanding of the command line

Have a basic working understanding of source control (Git)

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Description
Course Update in Progress
This course is being updated as of 8/17/21. This description page will be updated when the course update is completed.

Now is the time to Become an expert Alexa Skill developer. This course offers high value, exclusive, professional-grade content. It all starts with setting up a foundation to quickly build and iterate on complex, premium, professional Alexa Skills. The Extreme Alexa Skills Development Series is for individuals who want to learn the secrets of quickly building professional-level Alexa Skills. This course focuses on building custom starter templates and automated infrastructure and workflow. This course is ideal for students who are ready to take their Alexa skills to the next level.
The course quickly ramps up as you immediately start creating a custom Alexa Skill template from scratch, using TypeScript. You start with zero code, and build out the template step-by-step. You add reusable constructs that speed up and simplify adding advanced functionality such as output speech variation, attribute syncing and handling, managing run time state, managing in-skill products, and more.
After you learn how to build a custom template from scratch, you jump into automating the infrastructure that powers the Alexa Skill. You will learn how to quickly add a complete back-end for the Alexa Skill, including the lambda function, a dedicated website and CDN, and advanced security. Once you have this infrastructure setup, you can create new skills based on the template and infrastructure within minutes.
Finally, you learn how to pull all of the pieces together to create a powerhouse template that combines boilerplate skill code as well as a completely scripted automated infrastructure. You see first-hand how to completely automate the skill development workflow, all with zero console configuration.

Who this course is for:
Beginner to Intermediate Alexa Skill developers
Entry level to Junior professional developers
Senior Developers
AWS Developers with some Alexa Skills Development experience

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Matt is a AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder, Alexa Skills Challenge Winner, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, and has also held AWS Certified Solutions Architect and AWS Certified Developer certifications. Matt is a former AWS Amazon engineer with over 15 years experience with various web technologies. Matt spent 5 1/2 years as a professional developer at AWS. Matt has a passion for web technologies including building LOB application, application interfaces, voice technology, and full serverless application development.Matt became interested in web technology while studying in the legal field. Some of his first projects involved server-side document generation of standard legal documents and forms.Matt's first server languages were VB Net and C#. Matt has worked with Java and Python languages. Matt currently does most of his work on the front-end with JS/TypeScript and Node.Matt has a lot of experience building modern cloud native applications utilizing AWS services. Its a really exciting time to be a developer, and Matt is grateful to have the opportunity to share his knowledge.

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