Developing Amazon Alexa skills in Node.js

[matejfilkovic]

I had a client for whom I developed an Amazon Echo Show prototype last month. To handle requests coming from Alexa Skill I have used Node.js SDK and AWS Lambda. Since I have a lot of materials (model of interaction, content rendering on screen, handling dialogs ...) and I think that Alexa is very interesting topic, I would like to make a presentation.

[gajo4256]

@matejfilkovic I am also working on one POC with Alexa using node and AWS Lambda. Would love to here your experience

[dinodsaurus]

Sounds good to me! Would you like to prepare this talk for may? Because we are full for april 💯

[dinodsaurus]

Also could you write a short description, something like this - https://github.com/jszgb/jszgb.github.io/issues/57

[matejfilkovic]

Thanks :). I'll make a description in few days.

[matejfilkovic]

Here is a short description:

Alexa is Amazon’s voice service which enables creation of custom interactions (aka skills). Through my talk, we’ll build an interaction model using Alexa Skill Builder and a web service which acts upon requests sent by Alexa. Web service will be developed using Alexa Skills Kit SDK for Node.js and AWS Lambda platform. Step by step, we’ll progress from a fundamental request-response interaction to more complex dialogs.

At Five, we developed a prototype which targets Echo Show, an Alexa device with a display. Currently, the display interface is quite limited, and I’ll share some tips and tricks we figured out while developing the prototype.

[vblazenka]

Hey, @matejfilkovic ! We have a spot open for the next meetup on the 24th of October. Are you interested in giving this presentation?

[matejfilkovic]

Yes, I'm open to giving the presentation.

[vblazenka]

@matejfilkovic Okay, I will put you in October meetup.

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[matejfilkovic]

Thanks!

[vblazenka]

Here is the event: https://www.meetup.com/JavaScript-Zagreb/events/255030109/

[matejfilkovic]

👍

[matejfilkovic]

Here is the link to the repo: https://github.com/matejfilkovic/jszg-alexa