Conversational Slack Bots with Javascript

Presented at Denver/Boulder/Ft. Collins Node.js Meetup on February 18, 2016.

*80% of the presentation was demo

Transcript

1. Conversa)onal Slack Bots with Javascript Denver/Boulder/Ft. Collins Node.js Meetup 18 February 2016 Mike Brevoort
2. @mbrevoort Mike Brevoort
3. launch announcement hHps:/ /beepboophq.com
4. Why Slack?
6. What is a bot?
7. The basics
8. botkit npm install --save botkit
9. Why bots?
10. Personality
11. Context
12. Interac)vity
13. –Plato “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversa)on.”
15. Language
16. Meaning vs Syntax Play RTFM
17. Natural Language Processing
19. Kenny Louie - hHps:/ /www.flickr.com/photos/kwl/4678498113/in/photostream/
20. Language Understanding …as a service
21. Determining Intent
22. Intent Ac)on
23. Wit.ai
24. …demmmm-o )me Cause this is demooooo…
25. hHps:/ /beepboophq.com @beepboophq @mbrevoort Beep Boop Mike Brevoort Thank you! hHps:/ /robotsandpencils.com @robotsNpencils Robots & Pencils