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Explore our library of code samples on GitHub to learn how to build Alexa skills, implement new ASK features, and understand specific use cases. Start with the Alexa Cookbook, our collection of recommended short code samples that demonstrate the main components of Alexa skill development.
Use the ASK developer forum to post your questions about Alexa skill development and answer questions from others. You can browse by topic and search existing conversations.
Run by developers and enthusiasts, local community meetups give you the opportunity to meet with others who share an interest in developing Alexa skills. Join an Alexa meetup group near you to get notified of future community events in your region.
Alexa Champions is a recognition program designed to honor the most engaged developers and contributors in the community. Learn more about the Alexa Champions program and explore the Alexa Champion Gallery to meet the current Alexa Champions.
Big Sky Is a Must-Have Skill, Says CNET
The Big Sky skill delivers personalized weather reports to more than 60,000 monthly active users. This CNET "must-have" skill also offers premimum content; 50% of customers opt in to purchase when offered.
A Distraction-Free Voice Experience
Headspace reimagined its meditation app for voice to provide a customer experience free of mobile interruptions. Customers are responding to the simpler and more seamless option by linking accounts, trying premium experiences, and coming back for more.
Building Voice Strategies for Brands
Say It Now helps brands reimagine their offerings for voice in a way that yields value for both the brand and its customers. The agency's leaders say "conversational commerce" will transform the voice industry.
Jeff Blankenburg
Jeff likes to take things apart and put them back together again. He's spent the majority of his career as a web and mobile developer, but loves how much learning there is yet to do with voice as an interface.
Greg Bulmash
Writer, urban legend, sticker guy, self-taught dev. When he's not busy working with adult devs for Amazon, he runs a CoderDojo chapter, teaching kids to code.
Amit Jotwani
Amit is an Alexa Evangelist at Amazon. His role involves inspiring and helping developers build incredible voice experiences using Alexa. By day you can find Amit at his desk cooking up beautiful Python, Ruby, or JavaScript. By night, when’s he not catching up on the re-runs of Seinfeld, he disappoints people with his jokes at the local standup comedy club in New York.
