Alexa APL Tutorial - Lesson 5: Data Binding

Join Alexa Champion Mark Tucker as he clarifies data binding context and expressions as well as multi-child components in Alexa Presentation Language's (APL). If you would like to follow along, please use this APL Ninja Link: https://apl.ninja/document/MarkTucker/dabble-lab-4-data-binding-rdrv APL Data Binding Syntax: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-data-binding-syntax.html APL Data Binding Context: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-data-binding-evaluation.html#initial-data-binding-context APL Multi-child Components: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-multichild-component.html APL Multi-child Component Child Data: https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/alexa-presentation-language/apl-data-binding-evaluation.html#component-child-extension Some background information... Alexa Presentation Language (APL) is the visual design framework that allows you to build interactive voice and visual experiences on supported devices such as the Echo Show, Fire TV, some Fire Tablets, etc. APL allows you to include graphics, images, animations, slideshows, and videos to visual experiences in order to make skills more engaging and delightful to users. About Mark Tucker: Mark is an Alexa Champion. He is also a full-stack developer who’s on a mission to help businesses reach millions of customers through devices with Alexa. Mark is a Sr. Technical Director at RAIN and co-host of the Two Voice Devs podcast. He also owns Shazaml Design LLC, based in Gilbert, Arizona, and strives to help companies connect with customers via voice, our most natural form of interaction. We love hearing from you! Do you have questions? New tutorial ideas you would like to see? Comment below, and we will do our best to help out. Other Relevant Dabble Lab: Alexa APL Tutorial - Lesson 1: Introducing Containers: https://youtu.be/WDLtlEfjHnc Alexa APL Tutorial - Lesson 2: Containers Wrap Up: https://youtu.be/5AXvtS2kTQE Alexa APL Tutorial - Lesson 3: Frame Components: https://youtu.be/6nfDvF4dj9Y Alexa APL Tutorial - Lesson 4: Text Components: https://youtu.be/TvgIhoacwxE Follow Us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/dabblelab?s=20 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dabblelab/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dabblelab GitHub: https://github.com/dabblelab Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more tutorials to help you build custom solutions for Amazon Alexa, Twilio Autopilot, Google Assistant, and other platforms. About Dabble Lab: Dabble Lab is a company dedicated to creating tutorials to help you learn how to build custom solutions for Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Twilio Autopilot, and other emerging digital assistant platforms. Learn more about Dabble Lab at https://dabblelab.com. #DabbleLab #MarkTucker #APL #AlexaSkills #VoiceFirst 0:00 Intro 0:18 Documentation 0:44 Data Binding Context 2:15 Highlighting on APL Ninja 2:37 Display State 3:40 Agent Name and Version 5:44 Elapsed Time 6:26 Binding 8:03 Header Text 9:01 Footer Text 10:03 Data Binding Against Item Arrays 13:10 Children Properties