Gain insights into developing voice apps with Alexa Skills Kit. Delve into real projects, learn fundamentals, and discover how to launch apps on the Alexa skill store.

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Voice is the next big revolution in tech. As conversational AI finds new and interesting use cases, it's time for developers to make use of the new opportunities to re-use their existing skills to build the next generation of apps powered by voice. 

This course will help you learn how to start developing apps for Alexa using the Alexa Skills Kit. You will be building real and interesting projects that will help you understand the fundamentals. Along the way, you will learn all the skills you need to launch your own apps on the Alexa skill store and reach millions of customers around the world. "Hey Alexa, shall we begin?"

Alexa Skills 101: Building voice apps for Alexa

Click on the "Code" tab at the top of the page.

Let’s take a look at the back-end code set up by the template. We will be modifying the code in a future lesson to make it fit our use case.



For now, we will make a minor text change and deploy it as it is. We will come back to it very soon and explain what’s in here. Before that, though, let’s deploy and do the ritual of running our own hello world program for Alexa.



This lesson will offer a closer look at the boilerplate code set up by the template.

Hello Alexa: An Introduction to the World of Voice

Setting You Up For Success

Your First Skill

Advanced Concepts

Building a Game: Voice Clues

Voice Clues: Coding with ASK CLI

Next Steps

Understanding the Boilerplate Code