Month: November 2018

An Alexa Skill in Javascript – Part 5

Simon Kingaby Alexa, JavaScript, JSON, Skill Development ,

Finally, the last post in the series.  Here, we will show Alexa how to Roll Some Dice with a modifier so that we can get our skill working properly. We're going to do this in two steps: Create a function that will take the diceCount, plusMinus and modifier parameters and return the results as speech … Continue reading An Alexa Skill in Javascript – Part 5

An Alexa Skill in Javascript – Part 4

Simon Kingaby Alexa, JavaScript, JSON, node.js, Skill Development, VS Code

So far we've defined, gathered and installed the requisite tools in Part 1.  We've defined the Skill we're creating in Part 2.  And, we've created the Intents for our skill in Part 3. Now, we will code the Lambda function that is the brains of our skill in this entry, Part 4. What is a … Continue reading An Alexa Skill in Javascript – Part 4

An Alexa Skill in Javascript – Part 3

Simon Kingaby Alexa, JSON, Skill Development, VS Code

The Skill Model (en-US.json) Open the en-US.json file in the models folder.  Notice the areas I’ve highlighted in bold, red text.  These are things we will change. { "interactionModel": { "languageModel": { "invocationName": "greeter", "types": [ ], "intents": [ { "name": "AMAZON.CancelIntent", "samples": [ ] }, { "name": "AMAZON.HelpIntent", "samples": [ ] }, { "name": "AMAZON.StopIntent", "samples": … Continue reading An Alexa Skill in Javascript – Part 3