Category: resources

Reviewing the ASK Toolkit extension for VS Code

For the past few years, Microsoft has been making serious moves in the world of open source software. The most significant project for developers is VS Code (Visual Studio Code), a lightweight code editor with a very active extensions marketplace. For us Alexa Skill developers, the ASK Toolkit extension turns VS Code into a fully-fledged … Continue reading “Reviewing the ASK Toolkit extension for VS Code”

Notable Alexa Skill GitHub Repos – December 2019

Good morning, fellow Alexa Skill Builders! This year has been a groundbreaking year for the Alexa platform. New APIs, region and language support, and devices were released this year, opening up Amazon voice control to a whole new landscape. Here at Alexa Skills Tutorials, we are always on the lookout for code samples and repositories … Continue reading “Notable Alexa Skill GitHub Repos – December 2019”

A Cloud Guru AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder Course

It was recently announced that A Cloud Guru (https://acloud.guru/) is now offering a course for the AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder – Specialty exam! Check it out here! The course offers over 6 full hours and 79 lessons that will surely help jumpstart your study plan for the exam. By the end of the course, … Continue reading “A Cloud Guru AWS Certified Alexa Skill Builder Course”

Alexa Dev Chat podcast

Dave Isbitski, the Chief Evangelist of Alexa at Amazon, hosts a very informative Alexa podcast at alexadevchat.com (hosted on Soundcloud). On this podcast, Dave discusses the Alexa Skills Kit, Alexa Voice Service (AVS), natural language understanding, voice recognition, and much more! Also featured are developer tips and interviews with Alexa developers employees, so it’s worth … Continue reading “Alexa Dev Chat podcast”