To develop for Amazon Alexa in NodeJS, you will need the following installed on your computer:
- NodeJS v8.10 or greater (to match AWS Lambda NodeJS version)
- Alexa Skill Kit Command Line Interface
- Text editor (e.g., Visual Studio Code)
- Git
You will also need the following accounts:
- Amazon Alexa account
- Amazon developer account (Sign-in with your Amazon Alexa credentials to link your developer account with your Alexa account. Otherwise, you will not be able to install your Skill on your Alexa device)
- Amazon Web Services account (send your name to [email protected] to request one for the duration of the Alexa proof-of-concept)
- GitHub account