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flask-ask
Python2016–2018
johnwheeler / flask-ask

flask-ask

Alexa Skills Kit for Python

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Alexa Skills Kit for Python

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Hi Everybody! For the last month I've been working on a Flask extension called Flask-Ask I want to plug. The "Ask" part stands for the "Alexa Skills Kit", which is the service…

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Observed mentions: 2016-05-20 18:32:38 UTC to 2018-06-29 19:41:49 UTC.

02462016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsMay 20162016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 0 submissions, 7 comments2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 2 submissions, 3 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMay 20172017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsJun 2018

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May 20162016-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Jun 20162016-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC707
Jul 20162016-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC211
Aug 20162016-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Sep 20162016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Oct 20162016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Nov 20162016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC110
Dec 20162016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC523
Jan 20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC211
Feb 20172017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20172017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Apr 20172017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20172017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
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Oct 20172017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20172017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
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What Hacker News says

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johnwheeler·Jun 30, 2016
Last month I announced Flask-Ask https://github.com/johnwheeler/flask-ask This month I made these videos and website. They show me live coding and interacting with an Echo Tap to get you up to speed fast with Flask-Ask and the Alexa Skills Kit. The first one, Flask-Ask Quickstart, shows how to create an Alexa Skill in under 5 minutes. It assumes you've already registered a developers account with Amazon at https://developers.amazon.com, but you don't need to own an Echo. You can use the web-based simulator at https://EchoSim.io Please e-mail me at john@johnwheeler.org if you have any issues with the videos, feedback on how to improve them, or need support with Flask-Ask More videos are on the way. Thank you!
In Show HN: Learn the Amazon Echo with Python
johnwheeler·Jun 23, 2016
Hi Everybody, I created an Open Source project for Amazon Echo development in Python and paid video tutorials. To advertise, I do a link on the github page: "Lighten your cognitive load. Level up with the $15 Alexa Skills Kit Video Tutorial." https://github.com/johnwheeler/flask-ask If you're willing to provide feedback on my videos, you can view them for free. Just send an e-mail to john@johnwheeler.org. I used: * Camtasia2 for screen recording * Blue Snowball Yeti mic * Neewer articulating mic stand * Neewer mic pop filter The payments were easy with Amazon payments: Copy and paste payment button code. I do hosting on DigitalOcean. To deploy I use fabric. I also have a quick and dirty fabric task, create_user, that will provision a new user if someone buys the tutorial (since I'm not processing many orders). The videos are a lot of work
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, but you get a process down, and it's fun. At first, one video took me all day, and it was poor. Now, I can do several in a day, and the quality is better. I'll open source the training site code, so you can do the same on your projects if interested.
In Show HN: Training site I made for my open source project
johnwheeler·Jun 9, 2016Recommendation phrase
Hi Everybody! For the last month I've been working on a Flask extension called Flask-Ask I want to plug. The "Ask" part stands for the "Alexa Skills Kit", which is the service behind the Amazon Echo family of devices. https://github.com/johnwheeler/flask-ask I've used a lot of web frameworks, and I love Flask! The Alexa Skills Kit is based on its own Request/Response model built in JSON on top of REST, so it made sense to incorporate mitsuhiko's architectural patterns like decorator-based routing, context locals, and templates, and adapt them for Flask-Ask. I put up a 5-min tutorial for Flask-Ask here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC2zi4WIFX0 You can develop without an Echo Device using Amazon's Echosim service: https://echosim.io/ Thanks!
In Show HN: Flask-Ask – Amazon Echo Development in Python
johnwheeler·Jun 1, 2016Recommendation phrase
Hi Everybody! For the last month I've been working on a Flask extension called Flask-Ask I want to shamelessly plug. The "Ask" part stands for the "Alexa Skills Kit", which is the service behind the Amazon Echo family of devices. https://johnwheeler.org/flask-ask/ As the Echo and products like it penetrate the market, investments in NLP and AI will go up and latency in dialogue will go down (latency is already at <= 1.5 secs!). It's a fantastic time to start learning. I've used a lot of web frameworks, and I love Flask! I've used it pretty much exclusively for the last 5 years for all my projects. The Alexa Skills Kit is based on its own Request/Response model built in JSON on top of REST, so it made sense for me to incorporate a lot of Mitsuhiko's architectural patterns, like decorator-based routing, context locals, and templates, and ad
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apt them for Flask-Ask. I put up a 5-min tutorial for Flask-Ask here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC2zi4WIFX0 You can develop without an Echo Device using Echosim: https://echosim.io/ Thanks for checking this library out. Of course, there's always room for improvement. Open an issue and start a discussion! https://github.com/johnwheeler/flask-ask/issues
In Show HN: Flask-Ask – Amazon Echo Development in Python

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