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Learn to develop bots with zero coding knowledge using the Azure Cognitive QnA Maker service, a GUI cognitive service from Microsoft. This book shows you how to integrate QnA Maker with the Azure Bot Service and Microsoft Bot Framework, along with how to integrate your bot with social channels such as Web Chat, and Telegram. You will learn what QnA Maker is, why you should use this service in enterprise settings, when you should use this service, and how you should use the service. Developing Bots with QnA Maker Service takes you through the QnA Maker FAQ knowledge base with Azure Bot Service, where you will discover how to get started with a web app bot using the Azure portal. This section culminates in deploying your bot on Azure Web App, making your bot live. Next, you will learn QnA Maker with the.NET Framework and Visual Studio 2017 along with ways to manage QnA Maker service post deployment. Finally, you will learn how to add media content including videos and images to the QnA Maker knowledge base. After reading this book you will be able to develop bots using the latest.NET Framework, Visual Studio 2017, and the Microsoft online code editor. What You Will LearnCustomize QnA Maker default components, using the Azure portalWork with Microsoft Bot FrameworkDevelop and integrate FAQ bots with Azure Bot ServiceManage FAQ bots using the.NET Framework and the Azure portalWho This Book Is ForDevelopers/architects with an interest in building chatbots.

Build Your First Website with Flash MX ñ no previous experience required! Never built a website before or bored with the limitations of HTML? If so, then this book is for you! Weíll show you how to create an interactive website with all the features you could want (animation, video, sound and more) and youíll discover that building a website with Flash is both easy and fun! Practical, step-by-step instructions guide you directly through the process of achieving your goal. We wonít bore you with pages of theory that youíll never use, or examples that arenít relevant to the main task. From creating your first animations to getting your finished site on the web, youíll get concrete results and a real sense of achievement at every stage. Whatever your current knowledge, youíll finish the book with a fully functional Flash website and all the skills to build your own site! Everything you need to Build Your First Website with Flash is included on the accompanying CD, from a fully functional trial version of Flash MX (for those of you who donít already have it) to the finished version of every exercise in the book, and all of the images, sounds, and video footage that we use. As a bonus weíve also included trial versions of other web creation and image preparation tools for you to experiment with (Dreamweaver MX, Fireworks MX, Freehand 10). • Build a fully functional Flash website • Add animation, video and sound • Get your site on the web • Free technical support at Friendsofed.com • Share your ideas with your peers at Buildyourfirst.com • Free trial software on accompanying CD From the Publisher This book is for people who like to familiarise themselves with a piece of software by getting stuck in, building something, then playing with it. Go through the chapters, follow the examples and build a fully-functioning website. Then use the knowledge gained here to develop your own spell-binding Flash website. Contains a fully-functioning 30 day trial version ofMacromedia Flash on CD.