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December 8, 2021 Python

Configuration Files in Python

Coming from a .Net background, I found it a bit challenging in figuring out how a developer can have a configuration file in the Python application which could be used to read setting values and one does not have to even touch the code to update or save settings. Config files are used to store key-value pairs or some configurable information that could be read or accessed in the code and at some point, of time. If that configuration changes, developers can just change the configuration in that config file and not worry about changing the code as it may require recompiling the code and deploying it. Not only this but using config files make your settings and code more reusable and keeps the settings information at a centralized location and segregated. Of course, sensitive information like passwords, secrets, and certificates should be kept more secure, maybe in cloud vaults. But basic settings used in the application could be part of a configuration file.

July 31, 2019 AI / Chat Bot

Create Chatbot using Microsoft’s Bot Framework and Dialogflow API: Day 3 (Integrate and test on Slack and Facebook Messenger)

This third article of the series will demonstrate how to integrate the complete crated bot in article two and three with Facebook Messenger and Slack and test the webhook response in the two environments.

July 28, 2019 AI / Chat Bot

Create Chatbot using Microsoft’s Bot Framework and Dialogflow API: Day 2 (Bot using Microsoft’s Bot Framework)

This article will demonstrate how to create a custom chatbot using Microsoft’s bot framework and enable the webhooks in Dialogflow and return the response from the custom bot to Dialogflow intents as a fulfillment response.

July 25, 2019 AI / Chat Bot

Create chatbot using Microsoft’s Bot Framework and Dialog Flow API: Day 1 (Dialogflow and Slack Integration)

In this article, we’ll discuss how to create a real-time chatbot using Google’s Dialogflow API and integrate the same with Slack. The reader of the article does not need to have prior knowledge of bot creation as the article will demonstrate the bot creation and deployment step by step using explanatory pictures.