49: Bot Framework with David Hamilton

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Chat bots are everywhere these days! While at Microsoft's Build conference we sat down with David Hamilton to talk about Microsoft's Bot Framework, and how it can help you start creating chat-based experiences for your users on a variety of platforms. We also take a look at his gigseekr service which leverages the Bot Framework, including a live on-air demo of interacting with it via Cortana! Special Guest: David Hamilton. Sponsored By: MFractor : MFractor seamlessly integrates with Visual Studio for Mac for a superior Xamarin development experience: Easily create Xamarin.Forms apps with XAML analysis, a suite of navigation shortcuts and powerful XAML to C# code generation tools. Take the sting out of Android development using resource Intellisense, a better navigation experience, a suite of Android-specific C# code analyzers and more. Make day-to-day development easier with MFractors collection of C# code actions and refactorings. Don't like the code that MFractor generates? Tweak it with a rich configuration engine. Build your apps faster with a single user, yearly subscription to MFractor for Visual Studio Mac for $199AUD. Links: Bot Framework gigseekr

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