Student Resources for this Course

Pre-requisites

Visual Studio 2015 (Community version is ok) (could use Visual Studio Code on non-Windows systems – however most these instructions are working from Visual Studio) - download here
A Microsoft Account to log into the Bot Framework developer portal, which you will use to register your Bot as well as to sign up for Cognitive Services subscriptions (if you have Hotmail, Live, Outlook.com, or an Xbox account then you already have a Microsoft Account).
The Bot Framework Emulator from the Bot Framework Downloads page.
The Bot Framework Visual Studio Template (C#) from the Bot Framework Downloads page.
(Optional) Github for Windows (comes with Git Shell) or git on other systems to download this repository.
(Optional) An Azure account for an Azure-accessible REST endpoint (for registering your bot with the Bot Framework service)
(Optional) Developer accounts on one or more communication services (such as Facebook) where your Bot will communicate (Skype is already set up for you).
(Optional) An Azure App Insights account to capture telemetry on your bot.

The slides can be followed in the following order:

On satisfying the pre-reqs, begin with the Hands on Labs in the following order:

Getting Started with a Simple Bot: BotsTennisLab
Publishing and Registering: BotsPublishingAndRegisteringLab
Intro to Text Analytics in Cognitive Services: CognitiveServicesTextMiningLab
Integration of Cognitive Services API with Bot Framework: BotsSentimentAnalysisLab
Intro to UI Controls for Bots: BotsRichUILab
Track Bot Application’s Health: BotsTelemetryLab
Developing Unit Tests for Bots: BotsUnitTestingLab
Using Ngrok for Rapid Development and Testing: BotsNgrokLab
Develop a LUIS App for your bots: BotsLuisLab
Logging Conversation Data: BotsLoggingLab
Direct Communication with your bot: BotsDirectLineLab