Alexa Skills in 24 Hours
Learn A-Z of Alexa to build your own innovative & engaging skills
Updated on Jun, 2025
Language - English
Development ,Data Science,Artificial Intelligence
Lectures -50
Resources -4
Duration -5.5 hours
Lifetime Access
Lifetime Access
30-days Money-Back Guarantee
Get your team access to 10000+ top Tutorials Point courses anytime, anywhere.
Course Description
Hello learners, Welcome to MAKERDEMY's “Alexa Skills in 24 Hours.”
Amazon's Alexa is undoubtedly one of the best today in the field of Voice AI. Be it commerce, entertainment, games. You name it, Alexa has got it.
Do you want to up-skill yourself and be one among the very few in the world to know how to program Alexa into doing whatever you want? This is an introductory level course, and it is tailor-made in such a way that it is a complete guide that teaches you just about every aspect of building Alexa skills.
If you are a developer or an engineer who wants to build engaging Alexa skills or if you are someone with curiosity and interest to explore Amazon alexa skills, this course is perfect for you.
Even though this is a beginner level course, to get the maximum value out of this course, you should have a functional knowledge of JavaScript, Node.js, JSON.
This course will teach you A-Z of skill-building like How to use AWS services to build Alexa skills. You will also learn how to make Alexa remember your voice. How to display images in echo show, how to use SSML tags, how to add audio in Alexa skills, and so on. You will also learn some advanced Alexa concepts like entity resolution, dialog management, and state management.
Throughout the course, I have provided a curated collection of resources. These resources include links to complete code, documents for in-depth learning, and more.
Furthermore, our Instructor team has an excellent track record of answering your queries and clearing your doubts. Thus, they will be ready to answer any of your course-related questions.
So, what are you waiting for?! Come, join me in this course. I'm looking forward to being your instructor and to make you a Master of Alexa.
Who this course is for:
- A developer or engineer who wants to create Alexa skills 'with' or 'without' AWS services
- Any hobbyist who wants to create Alexa skills
- Anyone with curiosity to explore Amazon Alexa skill development
- Anyone with an interest to learn "Tomorrow's technology" and stay ahead of the curve
Goals
A-Z of Alexa skill-building
How to use AWS services like Lambda, S3, DynamoDB
How to display or play music in Alexa
You will be able to publish and get your skills certified on your own
You will be able to create simple and commercial Alexa skills
Prerequisites
Functional knowledge on JavaScript
Basic understanding of JSON
You should have prior experience with Node js
Curriculum
Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course
Know your playground
6 Lectures
-
Introduction to the Course
06:18
06:18
-
An overview of Alexa Devices
05:56
05:56
-
An overview of Alexa & Alexa skills
05:54
05:54
-
A tour of the developer console
06:08
06:08
-
An overview of official Alexa documentation
03:03
03:03
-
Course Resources, Quiz and Assignments
Building your first skill
8 Lectures
AWS Lambda
2 Lectures
Skill using display
3 Lectures
First Milestone Project
4 Lectures
Working with SSML
6 Lectures
Let’s make Alexa smarter
13 Lectures
Skill Personalization
4 Lectures
Final Milestone project
4 Lectures
Instructor Details
Venkatesh Varadachari
Venkatesh Varadachari is the founder of MAKERDEMY, a pioneer maker education company head-quartered in Singapore.
Venkatesh believes that knowledge should be made available to people in all walks of life. Venkatesh also believes in the power of education to transform lives.
Venkatesh has an MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
He also has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Madras University and a Masters in Financial Engineering from National University of Singapore.
Course Certificate
Use your certificate to make a career change or to advance in your current career.
Our students work
with the Best
Related Video Courses
View MoreAnnual Membership
Become a valued member of Tutorials Point and enjoy unlimited access to our vast library of top-rated Video Courses
Subscribe now
Online Certifications
Master prominent technologies at full length and become a valued certified professional.
Explore Now