Bot Framework v4 Resources

The Bot Framework SDK v4 release is a beast, as well as the Bot Builder SDK changes, there are many new tools, samples, templates and solutions that have been released.  Here's a bunch of links to jump start your development: Bot Framework

• Documentation: /en-us/azure/bot-service/?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
• Bot Builder SDK: https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder
• Bot Builder SDK Samples: https://github.com/microsoft/botbuilder-samples
• Bot Builder Community: https://github.com/BotBuilderCommunity
• Bot Builder Tools: https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools
• Bot Framework Emulator: https://github.com/Microsoft/BotFramework-Emulator/releases
• Bot Framework Blog: https://blog.botframework.com/
• Bot Framework Enterprise/Virtual Assistant Template: https://github.com/microsoft/ai

Adaptive Cards

• Documentation: /en-us/adaptive-cards/
• Adaptive Cards Designer: https://adaptivecards.io/designer/
• Teams announcement: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Microsoft-Teams-Blog/What-s-new-in-Teams-Microsoft-Ignite-Edition/ba-p/252531

AI Cognitive Services

• LUIS: https://www.luis.ai/
• QnA Maker: https://www.qnamaker.ai/
• Speech: /en-us/azure/cognitive-services/speech-service/
• Custom Vision: /en-us/azure/cognitive-services/Custom-Vision-Service/home
• Personality Chat: https://labs.cognitive.microsoft.com/en-us/project-personality-chat

Dispatch

• Dispatch tool: https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-tools/tree/master/packages/Dispatch
• C# sample: https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples/tree/master/samples/csharp_dotnetcore/14.nlp-with-dispatch
• Nodejs sample: https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples/tree/master/samples/javascript_nodejs/14.nlp-with-dispatch

Channels

• Channel Documentation: /en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-manage-channels?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
• Cortana announcement: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Cortana-Skills-Kit-Blog/Publishing-Cortana-Skills-Just-Got-Easier/ba-p/280756

Github, Blogs and other articles

• Gary Pretty (MVP) Blog: https://www.garypretty.co.uk
• James Mann (MVP) Blog: https://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/jmann/
• Michael Washington (MVP) Blog: https://aihelpwebsite.com/Blog/tagid/1018/Bot-Framework-V4
• Stephan Bisser (MVP) Blog: https://www.cloudguy.pro/learn-to-bot/
• Managing secrets with the .bot files: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/martinkearn/2018/09/27/managing-secrets-with-bot-files-in-bot-framework-v4/
• Luis Alves Martins ChatDownExplorer: https://github.com/luisalvesmartins/ChatDownLibrary
• Nodejs Waterfall Dialog sample: https://github.com/daltskin/WaterfallDialogBotv4

If you stumble upon any other great articles or repos and like me to reference them let me know @daltskin.