{"product_id":"9781786460936","title":"Building Slack Bots","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreate powerful, useful, fast, and fun chat bots that make Slack better\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis is the first developer's guide to programming for Slack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt covers everything you need to create chat bots for Slack's conversational UI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt's full of realistic examples, usable code, and lucid explanations on everything you need to know\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book for software developers who want to build Slack bots for their own company's use or for customers. You need to know JavaScript.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReceive and send messages sent in Slack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRespond to user commands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProcess natural language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePerform useful tasks on commands such as fetching data from external sources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse webhooks and slash commands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate a Google Classroom and add customized information for each individual class\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlack promises that its users will \"be less busy.\" Slack bots interact with users in Slack chatrooms, providing useful immediate information, and automating work. This book gives you everything you need to build powerful and useful Slack bots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll see how to hook into the Slack API to create software that can read and post to chatrooms, respond to commands and hints given in natural conversational language, and build fun and useful bots for your own place of work, both as a front end to your own service and to distribute and share as apps. You can even sell your bots and build a business as a Slack bot developer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, you'll build useful and fun example applications that you can modify for your own situations. These range from simple, fun applications to liven up discussions to useful, data-driven apps to help you make decisions quickly and manage work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStyle and approach\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a friendly step-by-step guide to building powerful, friendly Slack bots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135642812656,"sku":"9781786460936","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786460936_p0.jpg?v=1763730050","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786460936","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}