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Supercharge your Slack Productivity

By : Moshe Markovich
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Supercharge your Slack Productivity

By: Moshe Markovich

Overview of this book

Slack is an online communication tool that allows workplace teams to collaborate efficiently, effectively, and securely. It’s the leading channel-based messaging platform used by millions to align their teams, unify their systems, and drive their businesses forward. As a developer, you can use Slack to create tools such as bots that handle and maintain routine and time-consuming tasks. If you’re looking to set up a Slack workplace or build a Slack bot or app, this is the book for you. In this book, you’ll explore scenarios that show you how to set up a Slack workplace, build a Slack bot, or integrate your favorite tools. You’ll also learn how Slack can help you create a more collaborative, efficient, and coordinated work environment from any location. As you advance through the chapters, you'll find out how to manage your tasks and boost your business productivity by automating the trivial tasks. You'll also cover more advanced features such as using a Slack bot to complete tasks, including automating message responses and accessing personal reminders. By the end of this Slack book, you'll have learned how to use Slack effectively to communicate with your team and build bots and have gained a solid understanding of how the platform can help you to progress in your industry.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Section 1: Slack Overview
7
Section 2: How to Use Third-Party Applications and Bots
12
Section 3: How to Build Your Own Bots

Submitting your Slack app for review

This is the simplest part of the process. Your app meets all the criteria: it is designed well, but simple; accessible, but not invasive; unique, but useful to the average user; and overall, a productive asset to any workspace. You've created and prepped; now it's time to submit.

The purpose of the App Directory team is to monitor the kinds of applications that are shared across the Slack platform. Slack users expect a standard of innovative, communicative, and collaborative apps that the App Directory team works to maintain. If your app meets the preparatory requirements, you'll be admitted into the exclusive group that is the Slack App Directory. The App Directory appears as in the following screenshot on your desktop browser:

Figure 12.9 – The Slack App Directory through your browser

After you've completed all the preparation steps and checked everything off the checklist, it's time...