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Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest TeacherBuild an Alexa Skill Student QA
Hello World :)
Treehouse have teamed up with Amazon to bring you the course Build an Alexa Skill, and is due to be released next Wednesday! We need a group of students to kick in the tires. QA starts tomorrow, Thursday.
The QA process is a time for people to spot any glaring mistakes, spelling mistakes, broken links, mistakes in teachers notes, clarification on code challenge and quiz questioning. And any other feedback.
The course is due to go live next week on Wednesday so QA should be complete by Monday, 3rd.
With QA there's a few other things you should know. Progress isn't recorded on the account so you won't get a check mark. Badges and completion emails won't get sent. You also need to manually go to the next stage in the course. Those are the quirks of QA mode.
Please use my email to provide feedback. Don't talk about the course here on the Community forum until it's officially released - this is to avoid confusion.
Comment bellow to sign up. I'll let you know when the invites have been sent and if you've been selected.
Regards,
Andrew
13 Answers
andren
28,558 PointsWhat language will be used in this course? Looking at the Getting Started with the Alexa Skills Kit page it seems like various languages are supported, but you don't specify what will be used in the course during your post.
Also does this course require you to have access to an Amazon Alexa equipped device?
Seth Kroger
56,413 PointsSounds great! Sign me up!
luke hammer
25,513 Pointssign me up
tylerduprey
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 25,399 PointsI'm in!!
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsMay I volunteer?
Thanks
Happy C0D1NG! 
Moses Finlay
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 24,800 PointsI would like to sign up + I have an Echo
John Weland
42,478 PointsYou know I'm in!
kevinardo
Treehouse Project ReviewerI would love to help out!
alex edy
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 148 PointsI'm in too
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest TeacherI've added everyone I could. Students on a Trial cannot be added to QA - the system won't let me.
Alexander Davison
65,469 PointsThanks for signing me up :)
I'll try to help all I can.
Hassan del Campo
1,068 PointsGreetings, I just finished the course. I wish this was around several weeks ago when I was fumbling through Youtube videos and such trying to figure it out. After three tries (and 10 hours) I finally got my Custom Skill certified. I took this just because, as a non-coder, I need things explained to me in more relatable terms. Good job! Will there be any courses added for other more technical types of Custom Skills, such as Flash Briefings or real audio?
Many thanks,
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest TeacherI'm glad you enjoyed it. Only a few cursory mentions of follow up courses have been mentioned right now. But I'll definitely pass on your interest :)
Lisa Cutler
99 PointsHello, I really enjoyed the course. Can you tell me how to add an image .jpg to an answer?
Seth Kroger
56,413 PointsSeth Kroger
56,413 PointsI guess we'll see the specifics when we get there but there is a web app based Echo that only requires an Amazon account: https://echosim.io/
andren
28,558 Pointsandren
28,558 PointsInteresting, that's good to know, thanks
. That more or less answer my second question. It would still be nice to know a bit more about what we will be programming in though before signing up for testing of the course.
Andrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest TeacherAndrew Chalkley
Treehouse Guest TeacherThe course is designed for non-programmers in mind, you'll only be editing a few
.jsonfiles. The sample code that produces the skill is JavaScript (Node.js) but we never touch the code but feel free to explore it if you're comfortable. You don't require a device - you can test with echosim.io or in the Alexa developer console.