Table of Contents

• Part I: Getting Started
• 1. Exploring Bot Framework Architecture
• 2. Setting up a Project
• 3. Conversation Essentials
• 4. Testing Your Bot
• Part II: Bot Builder
• 5. Building Dialogs
• 6. Using FormFlow
• 7. Customizing FormFlow
• 8. Communicating with LUIS
• 9. Managing Advanced Conversation
• Part III: Channels and Publication
• 10. Including GUIs
• 11. Registering and Publishing a Bot
• 12. Configuring Channels
• 13. Creating Email, SMS, and Web Chat Bots
• Part IV: APIs and Integrations
• 14. Coding the Direct Line API
• 15. Using the Bot Connector API
• 16. Building on Different Platforms
• 17. Integrating Additional Services

About the Author

Joe Mayo, a multi-year Microsoft MVP, is an author and independent software consultant specializing in Microsoft technologies. He has written seven books and many magazine articles, and taught numerous online and in-person courses. Mayo’s experience spans a wide spectrum of desktop, cloud, and device technologies. He created the LINQ-to-Twitter open source project, and has worked with
C# and .NET since 2000.