Building Chat Bots - The Next Gen UI

Explore the fundamentals of building chat bots for Slack and Facebook Messenger using Scala in this 38-minute conference talk. Discover how bots are becoming a standard interface for system interactions, enabling users to perform queries, actions, and receive notifications within familiar chat environments. Learn about the Dreamhouse demo, examine Slack and Messenger code examples, and delve into topics such as Alexa integration, invocation, interaction models, testing, protocol implementation, handlers, and supporting multiple languages. Gain insights from James Ward, Principal Platform Evangelist at Salesforce.com, as he guides you through the next generation of user interfaces.

Introduction
Dreamhouse Demo
Slack Demo
Slack Code
Messenger Code
Alexa
Invocation
Interaction Model
Testing
Implementing the protocol
Handlers
Multiple Languages