Exploring Conversational Interfaces with Amazon Alexa and Go

Explore the world of conversational interfaces in this 38-minute conference talk from Strange Loop. Dive into the explosive growth of platforms like Amazon Alexa, Microsoft, and Facebook in 2016. Learn about the challenges developers face with platform diversity and the unique aspects of conversational user interaction. Discover the differences between platforms, best practices for getting started, and which types of apps work well with this interaction model. Gain insights on creating more human-like conversational applications. Follow along as the speaker shares experiences with Slack integrations, Facebook Messenger bots, and Amazon Alexa development, including the creation of go-alexa, a Go library for Alexa app development. Walk through the process of building a basic Alexa Skill using Go, and explore topics such as Lambda functions, keeping apps simple, utilizing libraries effectively, and avoiding common pitfalls like creating quote apps. Get a glimpse into the future of conversational interfaces and their potential impact on app development.