What you'll learn
Understand the basics of Bot
Explore the Microsoft Bot Framework
Code your own bot
Learn to use the Bot Emulator for debugging
Add conversational logic using LUIS
Deploy your bots to various channels
Requirements
No prior knowledge of the Bot Framework is needed as the Learning Path covers concepts from scratch.
Basic knowledge of Azure would be beneficial.
Description
Bots are the latest trend these days and has become part of our daily lives. Today's bots can help us find restaurants, order food, shop for clothes, and so on. The Microsoft Bot Framework provides just what you need to build and connect intelligent bots that interact naturally wherever your users are talking. Startups such as Slack have built a billion dollar business around bots. So, if you're interested to know how to build such cool bots, then this Learning Path is for you.
Packt's Video Learning Paths are a series of individual video products put together in a logical and stepwise manner such that each video builds on the skills learned in the video before it.
The highlights of this Learning Path are
Build user-friendly bots
Understand LUIS and deploy bots to different channels
Let's take a quick look at your learning journey. This Learning Path will teach you everything you need to know in order to build interactive and conversational bots using solid and well tested APIs. Starting with the basics of the Bot Framework, you will dive deeper into the various aspects of building more advanced conversational agents. Then you will learn how to add conversational logic to a bot by using LUIS. You will also explore the LUIS user interface and build a demo bot using LUIS. Finally, you will learn to publish your bot to Azure as well as deploy them on different channels.
By the end of this Learning Path, you will be able to build your own bots with Microsoft's Bot Framework.
Meet Your Expert
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Overview
Section 1: Understanding Bot Framework
Lecture 1 The Course Overview
Lecture 2 What Are Bots?
Lecture 3 Framework Basics
Lecture 4 Visual Studio Bot Template
Lecture 5 Hello World Bot
Lecture 6 The Bot Emulator
Lecture 7 Introduction to Dialogs
Lecture 8 Overview of Dialogs
Lecture 9 Bot States
Lecture 10 Dialogs in Practice
Lecture 11 Introduction to FormFlow
Lecture 12 FormFlow Basics
Lecture 13 FormFlow Dialog
Lecture 14 Creating a FormFlow Demo Bot
Section 2: Building with Bot Framework
Lecture 15 The Course Overview
Lecture 16 Cognitive Services and LUIS
Lecture 17 LUIS Basics
Lecture 18 LUIS User Interface
Lecture 19 Setting Up Visual Studio
Lecture 20 Demonstrating Bot Using LUIS
Lecture 21 Publishing to Azure
Lecture 22 Deploying to Skype
Lecture 23 Publishing to Facebook Messenger
Lecture 24 Customizing Messages for Facebook Messenger
Lecture 25 Configuring LUIS
Lecture 26 Building the Bot Using the Microsoft Bot Framework
Lecture 27 Publishing to Facebook Messenger
Developers who want to create a new service with a great bot interface or enable an existing service with a great bot interface.


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