The PHP Developer Stack for Building Chatbots

In this talk, I will show you all the tools it takes to build a chatbot in PHP. You will see what it’s like developing and testing chatbots for multiple platforms and how NLP (Natural Language Processing) services can help you to understand the user.

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3. Hello NomadPHP :)
4. The PHP Developer Stack for Building Chatbots
5. THE STACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. ABOUT ME
7. CHRISTOPH RUMPEL Web Developer
8. CHRISTOPH RUMPEL Web Developer PHP / Laravel Chatbots Talks @christophrumpel christoph-rumpel.com
9. CHATBOT BASICS
10. A chatbot is just a service behind a chat interface.
14. TIM
15. Slack Notification from a user who needs help
16. LARAVEL QUIZBOT
17. LARACON EU
19. WIENER STÄDTISCHE
25. Why became chatbots so popular?
27. FACEBOOK MESSENGER 1.3 BIL. Whatasapp 1.3 BIL. Wechat 889 MIL. Skype 300 MIL. Telegram 100 MIL.
28. #installation #relationship #costs #automatic #24/7 #beWhereYourUsersAre #history #naturalLanguage BENEFITS
29. Reach people you usually couldn't To use a better interface MAIN USE-CASES
30. THE STACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Chatbot Basics
31. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
32. Facebook is recommending Node.js. Do I have to use it as well?
33. Some kind of account HTTP-based API Platform-based features HOW MESSENGERS WORK
34. Facebook Curl Command Telegram Curl Command
35. Insomnia REST Client - Send Telegram Message
36. PHP can send HTTP requests Messengers don't care PHP is great again Use a language you already know REASONS TO USE PHP
37. THE STACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Chatbot Basics PHP
38. PHP FRAMEWORK
39. A chatbot looks different, but still is like other applications.
40. Databases Caching Routing Authentication ... POSSIBLE REQUIREMENTS
41. THE STACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Chatbot Basics PHP PHP Framework
42. CHATBOT FRAMEWORK
43. BotMan PHP Library
44. One Codebase Multiple Messengers Expressive Syntax 3900 GitHub FEATURES
45. Marcel Pociot Creator Of BotMan Open Source Fan 30+ PHP Packages
46. Syntax Drivers Conversations Testing BOTMAN EXAMPLE
47. THE STACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Chatbot Basics PHP PHP Framework BotMan
48. NLP SERVICE
49. Natural language processing is about how to program computers to understand natural human language.
52. Dialogflow Intro Intents / Training Dialogflow + BotMan NLP EXAMPLE
53. THE STACK 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Chatbot Basics PHP PHP Framework BotMan DialogFlow
54. RESOURCES
55. My Blog BotMan Docs BotMan Course Chatbots Magazine Build Chatbots with PHP RESOURCES
56. store.christoph-rumpel.com
57. THANKS
58. QUESTIONS?
59. THANKS AGAIN