Developing a Bot Training Course

Introduction

• Overview of Bots for Developers
• Use Cases and Applications of Bots
• Mechanisms of How Bots Operate
• Building a Custom Bot vs. Utilizing a Bot-Creation Platform

Initiating Your Bot Project

• Establishing the Purpose and Requirements for Your Bot
• Defining Specifications, Features, and Functionalities
• Drafting a Conversational Script for Your Bot

Constructing Your Bot

• Formulating the Engineering Design for Your Bot
  • Structuring the Front-End Components
  • Structuring the Back-End Components
• Developing and Testing Your Bot
  • Navigating the Development Complexities of Bots
  • Validating Code within the Emulator
  • Testing Code on the Actual Messaging Platform
  • Executing the Final Quality Assurance Process

Launching Your Bot

• Deploying Your Bot
• Publishing Your Bot
• Monitoring Your Bot
• Attracting More Users to Your Bot
• Tracking and Analyzing Performance and Outcomes
• Iterating the Development and Launch Cycle

Survey of Tools for Bot Creation

• Exploring Bot Drafts and Design Tools
• Investigating Bot Builders
• Examining Bot Tools for Developers
• Reviewing Bot Tools for Monitoring and Analytics
• Looking into Bot Tools for Monetization

Survey of Bot Platforms for Advanced Bot Construction

• Building a Facebook Messenger Bot
• Project Overview
• Configuration on Facebook
• Utilizing Chatfuel
• Utilizing API.AI
• Utilizing Heroku

Creating a Bot with the Microsoft Bot Framework

• Introduction to the Microsoft Bot Framework
• Setting Up Your Bot
• Testing Your Bot

Summary
Troubleshooting
Closing Remarks