Developing Alexa skill

In the last section, we have seen how to build a smart socket and integrate it with our existing smart weather station. In this section, we are going to build a new skill for interfacing our smart devices with Amazon Alexa.

We are going to create a new skill named smarty app and then add two voice models to it:

• To get the latest weather status
• To turn on/off the socket

If you are new to Alexa and its skill development, I would recommend watching the following series before you continue: Developing Alexa skills: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2KJmkHeYQTO6ci5KF08mvHYdAZu2jgkJ

To give a quick overview of our skill creation, we are going to follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Amazon developer portal and create and set up a new skill
2. Train the voice model
3. Write the required business logic in AWS lambda service
4. Deploy and test the setup

So, let&apos...