craig-o-curtis/Alexa-TypeScript-Starter

Starter Project for Alexa SDK using TypeScript, Yarn, Chai, Mocha

Amazon Alexa Starter in TypeScript

• Uses TypeScript, Yarn, Node, Chai & Mocha, AWS Lambda Mock Context Tutorial from Youtube: Create An Amazon Alexa Skill Using Node.js And AWS Lambda

// How this project was setup

Project Dependencies

Install Yarn

brew install yarn

Install Alexa SDK

yarn add alexa-sdk

Install TypeScript

npm install -g typescript

Install DefinitelyTyped (Typings Deprecated)

npm install --save-dev @types/alexa-sdk
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yarn add @types/alexa-sdk --dev

Install Chai & Chai

yarn add chai
yarn add mocha
yarn global add mocha

Install AWS Lambda Mock Context

yarn add aws-lambda-mock-context

Initialize TypeScript

tsc --init // creates tsconfig.json file 

Setup TypeScript Compiler in VS Code

In tsconfig.json

1. add "watch": true,
2. uncomment "sourceMap": true,

Mac [Command] + [Shift] + P > Tasks: Configure Task Runner In .vscode > tasks.json, add the following object to the tasks array:

    {
        "taskName": "tsc",
        "type": "shell",
        "command": "tsc",
        "problemMatcher": "$tsc"
    }

Test by saving a change in index.ts. You should see index.js and index.js.map files output in the src directory

Coding Concepts

index.ts - basic typescript class

Create Sample Speech Patterns / utterances

utterances.txt - list all possible user phrases

Testing

Run tests

mocha