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Alexa Skill as a Cataloguing Application for Users

Getting Started with Alexa Skill

Alexa Skill as a Cataloguing Application for Users

Create and Manage Skills with Alexa Developer Console

Sign up/ Log in with Amazon Alexa account.
You can go the following link to manage your skill via Alexa developer console https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/console/ask

Create and Manage Skills with VS Code

Install VS code editor

Install and initialize ASK CLI

Use npm to install ASK CLI. 'npm install -g ask-cli'
Use the 'ask configure' command to initialize ASK CLI with your Amazon and AWS credentials

Sign in to your Amazon developer account from VS Code

Use the following procedure to log into your Amazon developer account from VS Code.

In the activity bar, click the Alexa icon.
On the Sign in page, click Sign in. The Amazon developer account sign in page launches in your browser.
After signing in, return to VS Code.

Testing

Setup To get started, you need to install Bespoken Tools.

If you haven't already, follow these steps:

Install NPM Instructions here if you have not already installed npm. https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started

Open a Command Prompt

For Mac, run Applications -> Terminal
For Windows, select Run -> cmd

Install Bespoken Tools

Once on the command-line, type:

'npm install bespoken-tools -g'

If that fails with a permission warning, you can simply run:

'sudo npm install bespoken-tools -g'

To confirm that it is installed, type: 'bst' on the command-prompt.
You should see something like this:

$ bst
BST: v2.0.0 Node: v8.11.1

Usage: bst [options] [command]

Run Your Tests

If you are starting with one of the sample projects below, just go ahead and enter:

'bst test'
That's all there is to it!