Learn to Build Custom Alexa Skills using Node.js/JavaScript

If want to start building skills for Amazon Alexa and you're new to programming - this course was created especially for you! By the end of this course, you'll be able to create custom skills for Amazon Alexa - from scratch - even if you've never written a line of code in your life!

There are a lot of great courses and tutorials available for learning how to build Alexa skills. But, most require some prior programming experience. This course is different - you won't need any prior experience other than some basic computer skills.

The course is made up of a collection of short lessons - all but one of them less than 10-minutes but most are around 5-minutes. So, you can learn in small chunks, when you have the time. Of course, if you prefer, you could also work through the entire course at once - that would probably take you about 2-3 hours (including time to do the exercises).

Course Outline

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Welcome to the course

    • How Alexa works
  • 2

    Building Skills

    • The Alexa Developer Portal

    • AWS Lambda and Skill Services

    • Testing Skills During Development

    • Utterances, Intents, and Slots

    • Coding Custom Intents and Slots

    • Introduction to the ASK CLI

    • Coding Skills from Your Local Computer

    • Building a Complete Skill
  • 3

    Next Steps

    • What to do next
  • 4

    Support

    • Questions and Comments