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Quickstart

• Create a bot with the Bot Framework SDK for .NET: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/dotnet/bot-builder-dotnet-sdk-quickstart?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
• Create a bot using Bot Framework SDK for JavaScript: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/javascript/bot-builder-javascript-quickstart?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
• Create a bot with Bot Service: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-service-quickstart?view=azure-bot-service-4.0

Samples on GitHub

• Microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples: https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples
• C# .NET Core Samples: https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples/tree/master/samples/csharp_dotnetcore
• NLP with LUIS: https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples/tree/master/samples/csharp_dotnetcore/12.nlp-with-luis
• NodeJS Samples: https://github.com/Microsoft/BotBuilder-Samples/tree/master/samples/javascript_nodejs

Tutorials

• Tutorial to create and deploy a basic bot: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-tutorial-basic-deploy?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
• Azure Bot Service tutorial to have a bot answer questions: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-tutorial-add-qna?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp

Concepts

• How bots work: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-basics?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=cs#the-activity-processing-stack
• Managing State: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-concept-state?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
• Dialogs within the Bot Framework SDK: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-concept-dialog?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
• Middleware: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-concept-middleware?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
• Manage resources with a .bot file: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-file-basics?view=azure-bot-service-4.0

How-to Develop

• Send and receive text message: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-howto-send-messages?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp#additional-resources
• Add media to messages: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-howto-add-media-attachments?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
• Use button for input: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-howto-add-suggested-actions?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
• Save user and conversation data: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-howto-v4-state?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
• Create your own prompts to gather user input: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-primitive-prompts?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
• Send welcome message to users: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-send-welcome-message?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp%2Ccsharpmulti%2Ccsharpwelcomeback
• Get notification from bots: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-howto-proactive-message?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
• Add natural language understanding to your bot: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-howto-v4-luis?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=cs
• Use QnA Maker to answer questions: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-howto-qna?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=cs
• Use multiple LUIS and QnA models: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-tutorial-dispatch?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
• Manage conversations using the Dialogs library
  • Implement sequential conversation flow: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-dialog-manage-conversation-flow?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
  • Gather user input using a dialog prompt: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-prompts?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
  • Create advanced conversation flow using branches and loops: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-dialog-manage-complex-conversation-flow?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
  • Handle user interruptions: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-howto-handle-user-interrupt?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharptab
  • Persist user data: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-tutorial-persist-user-inputs?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
  • Reuse dialogs: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-compositcontrol?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
• Write directly to storage: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-howto-v4-storage?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
• Add authentication to your bot via Azure Bot Service: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-authentication?view=azure-bot-service-4.0&tabs=csharp
• Implement custom storage for your bot: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-custom-storage?view=azure-bot-service-4.0
• Manage bots using CLI tools: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/bot-service/bot-builder-tools?view=azure-bot-service-4.0