Intermediate Bot Framework for Developers

Learn advanced techniques for chatbot development with Microsoft Bot Framework, such as conversation logging, Direct Line communication, and unit testing.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Exercise files

1. Conversation Logging

• Why log chat conversations?
• Introduction and implementation of an activity logger
• Simple logging
• File logging
• SQL logging
• Conclusions

2. Using ngrok with Bots

• Use of ngrok with bots
• Install, configure ngrok, and deploy

3. Unit Testing

• Why should you test bots and what should you test with bots?
• Mocking to perform unit testing with bots

4. Direct Line Communication

• Introduction to Direct Line and Direct Line prerequisites
• Configure and communicate with bots using Direct Line

Conclusion

• Next steps