botbook/book/chapter-01-run-and-talk.md

General Bots - Run and Talk to the Bot

The bot development stack

The Bot Factory

GeneralBots aims to delivery bots in azure in a very easy and fast fashion. Use Office tools like Word or Excel to edit your Bot - using code (JavaScript or TypeScript) just to empower custom requirements.

How To

Run the server locally

1. Install Node.js the current generation General Bot code execution platform;
2. Open a Terminal on Linux and Mac or a Command Prompt window on Windows;
3. Type npm install -g botserver and press ENTER;
4. Type gbot to run the server core.

Notes:

• nodejs.install Chocolatey Package is also available.
• The zip source code of General Bot is also available for Download;

Running unit tests

1. Enter the BotServer root folder.
2. Run tests by npm test.

Just copy the source code to your machine

1. Download the Zip file.

NLP

Spell Checker

Speech to Text

Omnichannel

Branding

Bot Factory