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Data-Driven Alexa Skills : Voice Access to Rich Data Sources for Enterprise Applications / by Simon A. Kingaby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kingaby., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cloud computing.
- Business information services.
- Python (Computer program language).
- Database management.
- Cloud Computing.
- Enterprise Architecture.
- Python.
- Database Management.
- Local Subjects:
- Cloud Computing.
- Enterprise Architecture.
- Python.
- Database Management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (425 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2022.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2022.
- 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.
- 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: What’s Next?.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kingaby, Simon A. Data-Driven Alexa Skills
- ISBN:
- 9781484274491
- 1484274490
- OCLC:
- 1287132899
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