{"id":60,"date":"2018-07-09T02:03:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T02:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/09\/build-your-first-chatbot-in-visual-studio-step-by-step\/"},"modified":"2019-02-15T17:21:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T16:21:05","slug":"build-your-first-chatbot-in-visual-studio-step-by-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kindsonthegenius.com\/blog\/build-your-first-chatbot-in-visual-studio-step-by-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Your First ChatBot in Visual Studio (Step by Step)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this short tutorial, I would take through how to build a chatbot using Visual Studio (2015 or 2017).
\nWatch my video on How to Create a Bot Application using Bot Framework here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Prerequisites<\/b><\/p>\n

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  1. Have Visual Studio Installed<\/li>\n
  2. Download the Bot Application Template from this link (Skip this if you are using Visual Studio 2017)<\/li>\n
  3. Download the Bot Framework Emulator from this link<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Step 1:<\/strong> Unzip the Bot Template you donwloaded into this location:
    \nC:UsersKindsonDocumentsVisual Studio 2013TemplatesProjectTemplatesVisual C#<\/p>\n

    Note: Skip Step 1 if you are using Visual Studio 2017. Visual Studio 2017 comes with a Bot Template.<\/p>\n

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    Step 2<\/strong>: Create a Bot Application in Visual Studio. You can find Bot Application as shown in Figure1<\/p>\n

    Figure 1: Bot Application<\/p>\n

    Step 3:<\/strong> Run the Application. Click on the Run button to run the project. If you are successful, the browser window opens showing\u00a0 the url of the application. Look at Figure 2.<\/p>\n

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    Figure 2: Successful run of Bot Application<\/div>\n

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    Step 4<\/strong>: Test in an Emulator: The Bot Framework Emulator simulates application like skype or any other messenger application.
    \nOpen the Emulator. It opens as show in Figure 3<\/p>\n

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    Figure 3: Bot Framework Emulator<\/div>\n

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    Enter the messages endpoint as shown in the Figure 3. Make sure the port number matches the one on your browser.<\/p>\n