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Google Offers Developers Sneak Peek At Android Things Console

Google this week released the first preview of its Android Things Console, the tool it hopes developers will use to create and manage internet-of-things devices and services. Google has lots of guidance concerning how it expects things will best proceed. Here's what you need to know.

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Eric Zeman

Internet of Things, Automation

06-30-2017

How to Get Started With Google Actions API University

Voice enabled applications are widely expected to see a lot of action this year with Amazon’s Echo and Google’s Home devices likely to get more user acceptance. As a developer, it is important to tap into this ecosystem early. This tutorial will walk you through getting started with Google Actions.

How-To

Romin Irani

Automation, Machine Learning

01-31-2017

How to Automate Cloud Hosting Tasks with a Slack Chatbot and Cloudways API API University

Cloudways is a managed cloud hosting platform; Slack chatbots are capable of handling automatic messages. This tutorial by Ahmed Khan on the Cloudways blog shows readers how to create a Slack chatbot and connect it with the Cloudways API to automate tasks for a Cloudways hosted server.

How-To

Ahmed Khan

Automation, Cloud, Hosting

01-19-2017

ProgrammableWeb's Most Interesting APIs in 2016: Application Development and Developer Tools API University

This article is part of a 10-part series about interesting APIs that were added to our directory during 2016. App Development and DevOps Tools APIs are covered in this segment. The APIs were chosen by our researchers, by popularity according to website traffic, and by mentions on social media.

Brief

Joy Culbertson

Application Development, Automation, DevOps

12-23-2016

Microsoft Flow Adds Custom API, Basecamp 3, Blogger, and PagerDuty Support

Microsoft has expanded its business application platform, Flow, to support Custom APIs and three new apps. Microsoft made the announcements at its Ignite 2016 event. As Microsoft continues to build its business application platform, more supported apps and more API connectivity will be essential.

Brief

Eric Carter

Business, Applications, Automation

10-18-2016

How to Mashup The Slackbot API with Maps and a Craiglist Scraper Using Python API University

Finding an apartment in San Francisco’s notoriously competitive rental market is a challenge. The author of this tutorial created a mashup of the Slackbot API with maps and a Craigslist scraper to help him identify apartments that match his criteria as soon as they become available.

How-To

Martin W Brennan

Automation, Real Estate, Rentals

09-05-2016

How to Get Started With Amazon’s Alexa Skills Kit API University

We are currently at an intersection where the devices that we will work with will not necessary have an interface or buttons to click. One of the natural ways that we can interact with these devices is via voice. And one of the winners in the consumer device market in this segment is the Amazon

How-To

Romin Irani

Voice, Automation

08-02-2016

How a Dev Got Watson to Play Pokémon GO For Him

With Pokémon GO seemingly taking over the world as players walk around in search of the virtual creatures, one developer used the Watson Visual Recognition API to analyse screen shots of the app to locate nearby Pokémon, winning Best Use of Watson challenge at the AT&T Shape Tech Expo Hackathon.

On the Web

Martin W Brennan

Games, Automation, Images

07-30-2016

Forget Home Automation Apps; Focus on APIs

In a recent report on The Connected Home, Gartner predicts considerable growth in the use of digital personal assistants on smartphones to control smart devices throughout the home. This trend will take the focus off automation apps and place it on APIs for creating the programmable home.

On the Web

Martin W Brennan

Home Automation, API Strategy, Automation

07-24-2016

How to Build Your First Slack Bot with Python API University

Bots are a handy way to automate simple tasks that you might typically do on your own, such as updating calendar appointments. In this tutorial on Full Stack Python, Matt Makai explains how to build your first chatbot using the Slack API and Python to begin returning simple messages.

How-To

Martin W Brennan

Bots, Automation, Chat

07-09-2016

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Google Offers Developers Sneak Peek At Android Things Console

How to Get Started With Google Actions API University

How to Automate Cloud Hosting Tasks with a Slack Chatbot and Cloudways API API University

ProgrammableWeb's Most Interesting APIs in 2016: Application Development and Developer Tools API University

Microsoft Flow Adds Custom API, Basecamp 3, Blogger, and PagerDuty Support

How to Mashup The Slackbot API with Maps and a Craiglist Scraper Using Python API University

How to Get Started With Amazon’s Alexa Skills Kit API University

How a Dev Got Watson to Play Pokémon GO For Him

Forget Home Automation Apps; Focus on APIs

How to Build Your First Slack Bot with Python API University