The Bot Framework SDK v4 release is a beast, as well as the Bot Builder SDK changes, there are many new tools, samples, templates and solutions that have been released. Here's a bunch of links to jump start your development: Bot Framework
- Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
- Bot Builder SDK: https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder
- Bot Builder SDK Samples: https://github.com/microsoft/botbuilder-samples
- Bot Builder Community: https://github.com/BotBuilderCommunity
- Bot Builder Tools: https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools
- Bot Framework Emulator: https://github.com/Microsoft/BotFramework-Emulator/releases
- Bot Framework Blog: https://blog.botframework.com/
- Bot Framework Enterprise/Virtual Assistant Template: https://github.com/microsoft/ai
Adaptive Cards
- Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/adaptive-cards/
- Adaptive Cards Designer: https://adaptivecards.io/designer/
- Teams announcement: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/What-s-new-in-Teams-Microsoft-Ignite-Edition/ba-p/252531
AI Cognitive Services
- LUIS: https://www.luis.ai/
- QnA Maker: https://www.qnamaker.ai/
- Speech: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/
- Custom Vision: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/Custom-Vision-Service/home
- Personality Chat: https://labs.cognitive.microsoft.com/en-us/project-personality-chat
Dispatch
- Dispatch tool: https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools/tree/master/packages/Dispatch
- C# sample: https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples/tree/master/samples/csharp_dotnetcore/14.nlp-with-dispatch
- Nodejs sample: https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples/tree/master/samples/javascript_nodejs/14.nlp-with-dispatch
Channels
- Channel Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-manage-channels?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
- Cortana announcement: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Cortana-Skills-Kit-Blog/Publishing-Cortana-Skills-Just-Got-Easier/ba-p/280756
Github, Blogs and other articles
- Gary Pretty (MVP) Blog: https://www.garypretty.co.uk
- James Mann (MVP) Blog: https://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/jmann/
- Michael Washington (MVP) Blog: http://aihelpwebsite.com/Blog/tagid/1018/Bot-Framework-V4
- Stephan Bisser (MVP) Blog: https://www.cloudguy.pro/learn-to-bot/
- Managing secrets with the .bot files: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/martinkearn/2018/09/27/managing-secrets-with-bot-files-in-bot-framework-v4/
- Luis Alves Martins ChatDownExplorer: https://github.com/luisalvesmartins/ChatDownLibrary
- Nodejs Waterfall Dialog sample: https://github.com/daltskin/WaterfallDialogBotv4
If you stumble upon any other great articles or repos and like me to reference them let me know @daltskin.
