Difference between Amazon Alexa and Amazon Lex

Both Alexa and Lex are wonderful cloud based services that make the life of humans easier. Both can interact with humans allowing them to get their work done without wasting time on websites. Wait, If both of these Amazon products are offering the same then why should they have two separate products? That’s exactly what … Read more

Custom Slot Handling in Alexa Skill Development

Developing a skill on Alexa is definitely fun. Isn’t it? That’s because Alexa not only makes the life of the user easier but also its developer. It provides many features for developers so that we can concentrate more on the backend part and not filling the slots. Now before proceeding further, I assume that you … Read more

Handling date in Alexa Skill Development

Amazon Alexa is gradually starting to get more traffic. As a developer, you can surely take advantage of it. In this article, let’s see how to handle dates in Alexa skill development. Before we begin, if you are completely new to Alexa skill development then please check out this blog to know the basics of … Read more

Basic concepts of Alexa Skill Kit Development

Alexa is undoubtedly one of the most used voice assistants and it is growing at a rapid speed. So there is surely a place for developers to take advantage of it. In this article, let’s see the basics of Alexa skill kit development. I have previously covered a high level overview of how things work … Read more

How to SSH into AWS EC2 Linux instance from your Windows machine

In this article, I have shown how to connect to your EC2 Linux instance from windows. If you are someone new to AWS then check out this article on what is AWS and what solutions do they offer.  Prerequisites Download putty and putty gen in your windows machine. How to download putty and putty gen … Read more