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3. The Developer Accounts

Simon A. Kingaby1  
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La Vergne, TN, USA
 

In Chapter 2, you learned how to create Routines and how to configure skills from Blueprints. Now we are going to begin setting up your development environment so that you can start building Alexa skills. First, we will create the accounts you need throughout this book.

Note

I highly recommend the use of a password manager, such as Dashlane, 1Password, or LastPass. These will allow you to safely store the passwords you need to access the various accounts you’re about to create.

Creating the Developer Accounts

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