Developing Alexa Skills - Certification and Testing (Part 6 of 6)

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Download our guides to get started:
- 10 Things Every Voice Developer Should Do to Build for Voice: http://bit.ly/2Kvy0DS
- 6 Tips for Building Stellar Kids Skills: http://bit.ly/2N7xFWi
- How Building for Voice Differs from Building for Screen: http://bit.ly/2KgsVzX

Build with our tutorials:
- How to Build a Fact Skill: https://amzn.to/2KjsncC
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[This series was created in 2016 and some content may be outdated. However, it explains important voice design concepts that can still be useful when building Alexa skills.]

In the last video, you learned how to enable account linking functionality, allowing your skill to leverage a user's existing accounts on OAuth-based sites and services like Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, and many others. In this video, we’ll cover publishing a skill and the Amazon certification process. Completing the certification process allows our skill to be offered to the public in the Alexa app.
We’ll take a look at common skill development mistakes and pitfalls that prevent certification and we’ll also review certification guidelines for ensuring your skill is accepted.
We'll also explore adding automated unit tests to improve the quality and reliability of the skill’s behavior.

Learning Objectives:
- Skill Submission Steps
- The Skill Certification Process
- Certification Requirements
- Common Pitfalls for Certification
- Unit Testing a Skill locally

Study Guide & Exercise Workbook:
chapter 6: https://github.com/bignerdranch/developing-alexa-skills-solutions/blob/master/coursebook/iotAndApproval_Chapter.pdf

Blog Post:
https://www.bignerdranch.com/blog/developing-alexa-skills-locally-with-nodejs-submitting-an-alexa-skill-for-certification/

Links:
Submitting a skill for certification: https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/docs/publishing-an-alexa-skill
mocha: http://mochajs.org
chai: http://chaijs.com