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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)
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Section 1: Slack Overview
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Section 2: How to Use Third-Party Applications and Bots
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Section 3: How to Build Your Own Bots

Getting the most out of Slackbot

Now that you understand what Slackbot is, it’s time to implement it in your workspace. Your bot is now programmed to react to you and your team members, but it doesn’t yet have anything to do with the selected information it’s collecting through the event types. This is where things get tricky.

If you’re not a coder yourself or advanced in the technology, we’re going to discuss the most basic way to create app code that will help your bot receive and respond to events. In this section, we’ll focus on learning how to set your bot up to respond to events and mentions, understand actions, and automate responses, as well as setting personalized reminders and tasks.

For more information on more complex coding for your bots, head to Slack’s APIs help page: (https://api.slack.com/bot-users).

How to get the most out of Slackbot

Slackbot is a bot of many talents. Depending on the needs of your company...