Using Amazon Alexa to Perform Voice Activated CI/CD Build and Deployments

Introduction

Are you interested in learning how to apply Amazon Alexa Skills to common development tasks?

This course explains and demonstrates how to automate the process of building, testing, and deploying a Java project to the cloud using Amazon Alexa Skills with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).

Course Overview

This content will help you gain an understanding of core CI/CD concepts. We start by covering aspects of CI/CD process automation using tools provided by AWS, Jenkins, Blue Ocean and Maven. We then gain the skills needed to automate the process of building, testing, and deploying a Java project to the cloud using Amazon Alexa Skills. We learn how to do this by integrating the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) with AWS services like Lambda and Elastic Beanstalk.

Learning Objectives

Recognize and explain core concepts of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
Recognize and work with Jenkins Pipeline and Blue Ocean
Extend Amazon Alexa by developing a custom Alexa Skill using the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK)
Integrate Alexa with other AWS services like Lambda and Elastic Beanstalk

Intended Audience

Software Developers, Build and Release Engineers, Alexa Enthusiasts.

Prerequisites

To get the most from this content we recommend you have an understanding of the following areas
Basic knowledge of the principles of software engineering and development
Basic knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and an AWS account
Basic knowledge of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
Basic knowledge of the Alexa Voice Service (AVS)