Dialogs, Triggers, Prompts, and State

This lesson shows you the fundamentals of how to create, test, troubleshoot, and publish chatbots using the Microsoft Bot Framework Composer. You’ll learn about dialogs, triggers, and prompts and how these can be used to model conversational logic in your chatbots. We'll cover how to work with state and variables before moving on to how to control chatbot output by using language generation and how to implement adaptive cards to create rich user experiences.

Then we'll explore how the Bot Framework Emulator, Webchat Window, Watch Window, and Application Insights can be used to debug your chatbot. Finally, we'll show you how to get your chatbot published on Azure and how to test your chatbot using the Azure Portal.

Learning Objectives

• Use Bot Framework Composer to create chatbots
• Implement dialogs and maintain state
• Implement logging for a bot conversation
• Implement prompts for user input
• Troubleshoot a conversational bot
• Add language generation for a response
• Design and implement adaptive cards
• Test and publish a chatbot 

Intended Audience

This lesson is intended for developers or software architects who want to learn more about Bot Framework Composer and how it can be used to create conversational AI solutions in Microsoft Azure. 

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have:

• Intermediate knowledge of coding techniques
• Familiarity with Azure concepts such as App Service and resources
• An understanding of JSON