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Supercharge your Slack Productivity

By : Moshe Markovich
Book Image

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

Chapter 12: Distributing Your App in the Slack App Directory

This is it. Whether you chose to build, buy, or outsource, through some means, you've reached the point where you have an app or bot and need something to do with it. The tool works well for you, but understandably, you want to be able to share your creation with the world. A lot of skill and effort goes into creating something as complex as a bot or app, so the ultimate product should be spread across every and any workspace that may benefit from its resource. If your bot could be useful to others, you can list it on the Slack App Directory.

In Chapter 7, Integrating Your Favorite Tools, we discovered what the Slack App Directory is and how it functions similar to your smartphone's App Store. But we've yet to learn how to make your content a part of it. Similar to any public distribution platform, your app needs to undergo a process before it can be accepted and widely spread among other users. In Chapter...