Category: tutorials
Make Money with Alexa In-Skill Purchasing 2020
Learn how to build Alexa Skills with In-Skill Purchasing (ISP) One of the greatest aspects of the Amazon Alexa platform is being able to earn money by offering purchases in our skills. With In-Skill Purchasing (ISP), we can create a variety of product types for our users to enjoy an enhanced experience. Lets face facts: … Continue reading “Make Money with Alexa In-Skill Purchasing 2020”
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”
Video: Local Debugging for your Alexa Skill
The Alexa team recently announced that they will be publishing more tutorials for developing skills. As most of us advanced Skill Builders have learned, there is a dearth of tutorials on the Internet once you get past the initial beginner tutorials. One such topic that has cost me quite a lot of time finding information … Continue reading “Video: Local Debugging for your Alexa Skill”
Using ASK CLI dialog command
Hello fellow Alexa Skill Builders! In today’s tutorial, I will show you how to use the ASK CLI dialog command to run some automation against your skill code. We will be able to set up scripts to test our code with prepared user dialogs using Replay files. Let’s get started! Setup First off, make sure … Continue reading “Using ASK CLI dialog command”
Alexa-Hosted Skills and the ASK CLI
Dabble Lab has published another great tutorial video showing how to use the ASK CLI with Alexa-hosted skills. You will learn how to create a skill from your local machine and deploy it to the remote Git repository that Alexa provides for its users. You will also learn how to deal with merge conflicts with … Continue reading “Alexa-Hosted Skills and the ASK CLI”
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”
Retrieving user information in an Alexa Skill
Dabble Lab has created another great tutorial video for enhancing your Alexa Skills with personalized user information. If you have ever wondered how to get a user’s email address, here’s how you do it. In this video, Steve Tingiris shows the nitty gritty details of getting a user data. By requesting permissions for data in … Continue reading “Retrieving user information in an Alexa Skill”
How to make a random quotes Alexa Skill
Hello, Alexa Skill Builders! In this tutorial, we will learn how to make an Alexa Skill that responds to the user with random quotes from a list. If you are new to building Alexa Skills, this is the lesson that you have been waiting for! Getting Started Before we begin, make sure to create a … Continue reading “How to make a random quotes Alexa Skill”
Beginner Alexa Skill Tutorial Video
Youtuber blondiebytes published a great video that takes users step-by-step through the whole process of creating a fact Alexa skill. Her beginner Alexa Skill tutorial in this video is full of great insider tips. This video is a great starting point if you have no experience with the Alexa Developer Console. You can easily take … Continue reading “Beginner Alexa Skill Tutorial Video”
Send SMS text message from your Alexa Skill
One of the best aspects of the Alexa platform is the ability to integrate AWS features seamlessly. Because Alexa uses Lambda functions for handling request/responses, our skills have access to the whole AWS SDK with just a simple package import! In this short tutorial, I will show you how to send a SMS text message … Continue reading “Send SMS text message from your Alexa Skill”