{"product_id":"9781786469649","title":"Building Bots with Microsoft Bot Framework","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuild intelligent and smart conversational interfaces using Microsoft Bot Framework\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbout This Book\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelop various real-world intelligent bots from scratch using Microsoft Bot Framework\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrate your bots with most popular conversation platforms such as Skype, Slack, and Facebook Messenger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlaunt your bot building skills in your organization by thoroughly understanding and implementing the bot development concepts such as messages (rich text and pictures), dialogs, and third-party authentication and calling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003cp\u003eThis book is for developers who are keen on building powerful services with great and interactive bot interface. Experience with C# is needed.\u003c\/p\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet up a development environment and install all the required software to get started programming a bot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish a bot to Slack, Skype, and the Facebook Messenger platform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelop a fully functional weather bot that communicates the current weather in a given city\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelp your bot identify the intent of a text with the help of LUIS in order to make decisions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntegrate an API into your bot development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild an IVR solution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplore the concept of MicroServices and see how MicroServices can be used in bot development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelop an IoT project, deploy it, and connect it to a bot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eIn Detail\u003cp\u003eBots help users to use the language as a UI and interact with the applications from any platform. This book teaches you how to develop real-world bots using Microsoft Bot Framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book starts with setting up the Microsoft Bot Framework development environment and emulator, and moves on to building the first bot using Connector and Builder SDK. Explore how to register, connect, test, and publish your bot to the Slack, Skype, and Facebook Messenger platforms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout this book, you will build different types of bots from simple to complex, such as a weather bot, a natural speech and intent processing bot, an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) bot for a bank, a facial expression recognition bot, and more from scratch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese bots were designed and developed to teach you concepts such as text detection, implementing LUIS dialogs, Cortana Intelligence Services, third-party authentication, Rich Text format, Bot State Service, and microServices so you can practice working with the standard development tools such as Visual Studio, Bot Emulator, and Azure.\u003c\/p\u003eStyle and approach\u003cp\u003eThis step-by-step guide takes a learn-while-doing approach, delivering the practical knowledge and experience you need to design and build real-world Bots. The concepts come to you on an as-needed basis while developing a bot so you increase your programming knowledge and experience at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114698916080,"sku":"9781786469649","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786469649_p0.jpg?v=1763729559","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786469649","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}