The Talking App

Look what I just got! You can get yours, too… - amazon.com/Build-Talking-… - pragprog.com/titles/cwalexa… cc: @alexadevs @pragprog

What’s this? My book on building voice apps for Alexa is featured at PragProg.com! And, you might notice that the cover image no longer has the “Beta” banner on it! That’s right folks: It’s finished!

In case you are just getting back to your desk after the holidays and missed it...Here’s a video I posted just before the holiday break that mashes up two of my favorite subjects: Spring and Alexa. Check it out. youtu.be/Ff6n7KOBQt0 #springboot #alexa

On the 5th day before Christmas PragProg gives to you, 40% off of my Alexa apps book! pragprog.com/twelve-days-of… But hurry! This offer ends at 11PM EST tonight!

As a holiday gift to all of my followers, I created this video that shows how to develop an Alexa voice frontend for your Spring backend. And the best thing about this gift is that you can give it away to your followers by retweeting it! youtu.be/Ff6n7KOBQt0

@alexadevs @jeffblankenburg @aruntalkstech Is it safe to assume that this will be recorded? I have a conflict at that time but still want to hear what’s new.

Want to learn more about the newly announced devices and services and how to build skills that work with #EchoShow15? Join us tomorrow at 10am PDT for a live discussion with @jeffblankenburg and Principal Product Manager @aruntalkstech. 🤖 Register now: amzn.to/39NW7bP

@jeffblankenburg I’m imagining a pile of Funko Pops in another room somewhere awaiting a new seating assignment.

A new era begins.

Anyhow, I hope you will check out my book and I hope it helps you as you develop some awesome voice apps! I look forward to what you create!

But aside from a few tweaks and some edits, it is done. I won’t even think about adding anything new until a possible 2nd edition (and I’m sure that #AlexaLive will give me plenty of new material, like it did last year).

Earlier this month, I completed the writing phase for Build Talking Apps for Alexa (pragprog.com/titles/cwalexa…). It *was* finished a couple of times but then new stuff came along I felt it necessary to add it.

The writing for the book (pragprog.com/titles/cwalexa…) is roughly 99.99999% complete! Just a little tidying up on a few bits. In the meantime, check out a skill I published yesterday: amazon.com/gp/product/B09… Quick link: alexa-skills.amazon.com/apis/custom/sk…

@Xavidop @DZoneInc @jeffblankenburg @LetMyPeopleCode @JoeMoCode @bbezerra82 @muttonia @alexadevs I’m watching this series of articles with great interest.

🔴 [NEW POST] "Alexa and Kubernetes: Dockerizing the Alexa Skill" Now available on @DZoneInc 👉 dzone.com/articles/alexa… @jeffblankenburg @LetMyPeopleCode @JoeMoCode @bbezerra82 @muttonia @alexadevs

@Xavidop @JoeMoCode @LetMyPeopleCode @jeffblankenburg @bbezerra82 @alexadevs @voicelunch @muttonia ¡Felicidades! Espero terminar de escribir mi libro de Alexa muy pronto. Sin embargo, estará en inglés.

For everyone interested in developing on Alexa! After a lot of hard work over the last year, our book is finally out! Here is the link: amazon.com/-/es/Vicente-G… @LetMyPeopleCode @jeffblankenburg @bbezerra82 @alexadevs @voicelunch @muttonia @JoeMoCode

@germanviscuso @alexadevs I’ve not had opportunity to use multi-value slots in a deployed skill yet, but have tinkered with them in a few toy personal skills and found them quite useful. The textbook pizza topping use-case best captures how useful they are.

Have you tried multi value slots in your #AlexaSkills ? If yes tell me about your experience! If not and you're still curious go check this blog -> Use Multi-Value Slots to build more Natural conversations developer.amazon.com/en-US/blogs/al… @alexadevs

Announcing the $20K Grand Prize and Bonus Prize winners of the Alexa Skills Challenge: Alexa Conversations! Congratulations to all contestants on their work driving the future of voice experiences forward. Try these winning Alexa Conversation skills 👉 amzn.to/3kKydSe

Current status...

Congratulations to all of the finalists in the Alexa Conversations Skill Challenge! developer.amazon.com/en-US/blogs/al… Incidentally, my entry is on that list! So exciting!

Talk to the hand. My Echo Loop has arrived!

Today I discovered that ‘ask dialog’ doesn’t work with Alexa Conversations. That’s disappointing.

Hey, @alexadevs (or anyone who might have some insight into this): I’d be very appreciative if someone could take a look at forums.developer.amazon.com/questions/2315… and provide a little help. Thanks!