Learn It, Code it — Create a new Skill for the Amazon Alexa
This FREE workshop, presented by Amazon and Code District is intended for anyone interested in learning how to program voice controlled devices. Amazon Alexa is a great place to start learning.
Hands-on labs will teach you how to code cool skills for Alexa.
Lucky participants will win a free Amazon devices!
What you will learn:
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Introduction to Alexa Skills Kit
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How to setup your development environment
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Introduction to basic concepts like intents, utterances, and slots
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How to build your first skill
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The development of template based, custom, smart home and flash briefing skills
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How to leverage AWS Lambda
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Best practices for voice user interfaces
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Testing
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How to set your skill up for successful certification
Requirements
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Be sure to bring your laptop/notebook computer.
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Get a developer account: developer.amazon.com (free)
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Get an aws account: aws.amazon.com (free - but CC required for signup)
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Download sample templates to your desktop from github.com/amzn/alexa-skills-kit-js
Why Attend?
Justin Jeffress
Senior Solutions Architect, Alexa Hackathons. at Amazon
Location
Dates
From 9th December 2017 - 10:30 AM
to 9th December 2017 - 05:00 PM
to 9th December 2017 - 05:00 PM