Mastering Alexa

Customize Alexa to the next level by integrating APIs and AWS IoT along with Alexa Skills.





Hello learners, this is an Intermediate level course on Alexa Skills Development, which will enhance your knowledge on building Alexa Skills, as you will learn about integrating APIs, Web applications, Raspberry pi 3 and AWS IoT along with an Alexa Skill.

The course begins with the date skill, a skill that will interact with the Wikipedia API to get useful information of a date. After that, a simple IoT Skill, which will help you understand the basics of interacting with AWS IoT. Then, the color game skill, where you will build an Interactive web game with an Alexa Skill, which will help you understand the changes required for controlling an existing web application using an Alexa skill. Lastly, the Raspberry pi-car skill, where you will learn to control the Raspberry pi-car using an Alexa Skill through AWS IoT.

The course gives detailed explanations for all the coding involved in developing these Alexa Skills and also has few projects that can help you to practice and master the concepts by yourself. While doing the projects and going through the course, you can feel free to ask your doubts. You will get a response within one working day. Thank you and have a nice time learning.


Your Instructor


Venkatesh Varadachari
Venkatesh Varadachari

Venkatesh Varadachari is the founder of MAKERDEMY, a pioneer company in the field of maker education.

MAKERDEMY is a pioneer in teaching technology related maker courses online.

Venkatesh has an MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

He also has a degree in Electrical Engineering from Madras University and a Masters in Financial Engineering from National University of Singapore.


Course Curriculum


  Introduction
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  Date Skill
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  AWS IoT
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

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