clockify-nlp-bot VS botbuilder-community-dotnet

In the third week of Hacktoberfest, I had chance to work on a Bot Framework - Clockify NLP Bot. It is developed to act as a timesheet assistant. I always amaze about how Bot Framework work and this is a great opportunity for me to learn. The Clockify NLP Bot is written by C# and .NET Core SDK. I was working on the issue to improve message formatting when user asked Bot to report their work hours. I checked the source code and I found that the message was generated using the string template from ClockifyMessageSource.resx. This file is a XML resource file in the .NET apps for localization which helps storing string so it can be loaded dynamically in app. This concept is new to me so I am really excited to know about it. I asked the project maintainer about my idea to resolve the issue and they gave me a go ahead signal. We have communicated through github and an temporary slack channel. However, I could not hear anything from them after my last pull request

So, in this post, I'm going to talk about adding an opensource community component of Google Actions SDK. This component is powered by the Actions SDK adapter which is primarily built by Gary Pretty (big thanks to him). Once you're in the Package Manager section, find Bot.Builder.Community.Components.Adapter.ActionsSDK and click on install on the right.

The Bot Framework Component Model is the new framework to share and re-use bot's functionality in the form of bot templates (Empty bot, Core bot with Language), packages (Custom Adapters, Middleware) or complete bots as skills. You can now create the bots with confidence as you won't find yourself in a situation where you can't customize or find it difficult to share the portions of your bot with others (unless it's poorly designed 🤐)