Chatbots in JS: Overview and implementation

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Practical roadmap for building a JavaScript chatbot with concrete takeaways and failures not buzzwords The stack uses Microsoft bot builder for dialog routing and extensibility and recast for NLU with intent and entity mapping Connectors convert platform messages to bot builder format a custom connector beats Smooch Lessons include strong typing in TypeScript, 3 months with 3 developers to reach production for five to six booking domains and thorough unit tests with Jest

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1. 0:00Start
2. 9:48Some connector services
3. 12:27Some NLU Services
4. 16:56Dialog
5. 17:56Prompt
6. 19:47Bot setup
7. 20:09Express setup

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