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Watson Developr Cloud Workshop 04/18

Workshop 1 - Intro to Watson Developer Cloud APIs

• Visual Recognition
  • Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3_oGnXkMAE
  • Demo: https://www.ibm.com/watson/services/visual-recognition/demo/
  • Overview: https://www.ibm.com/watson/developercloud/visual-recognition.html
• Watson Natural Language Understanding
  • Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB4ynlq52C4
  • Demo: https://natural-language-understanding-demo.mybluemix.net/
• Watson Speech-to-Text/Text-to-Speech & Language Translation
  • Demo: https://text-to-speech-demo.mybluemix.net/
  • Demo: https://speech-to-text-demo.mybluemix.net/
• Watson Discovery
  • Video: https://youtu.be/9ks-cEG6KPs
  • Demo: https://discovery-news-demo.mybluemix.net/
• Watson Virtual Assistant (formerly Watson Conversation)
  • Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A96nLYSMltA&list=PLZDyxLlNKRY-YOxeg5Hv0IMgQfmKp8ZN4
  • Demo: https://conversation-demo.mybluemix.net/
  • Extra FYI Watson Discovery + Watson Conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SasXUqBE-38
• Tone Analyzer
  • Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUb--6FPBik
  • Demo: https://tone-analyzer-demo.mybluemix.net/
• Watson Personality Insights
  • Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdVVLWv3Fwo
  • Demo: https://personality-insights-livedemo.mybluemix.net/
• Natural Language Classifier
  • Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1ZiUIvYdD8&feature=youtu.be
  • Demo: https://natural-language-classifier-demo.mybluemix.net/
• Watson Natural Language Translator
  • Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYtVaQxJ994
  • Demo: https://language-translator-demo.mybluemix.net/?cm_mc_uid=36152158407015012554435&cm_mc_sid_50200000=1509816451&cm_mc_sid_52640000=1509816451

Hands-on Labs

1. Set up Node Red and sign up for IBM Cloud before class: https://medium.com/@helenflam/setting-up-node-red-7bd398e2ffde

2. Get started on prototyping using Node Red.

Complete Watson Visual Recognition and/or Natural Language Understanding Node Red labs.

(i) Visual Recognition lab: https://github.com/djccarew/node-red-labs/tree/master/basic_examples/visual_recognition

(ii) Train Visual Recognition Classifiers: https://watson-visual-recognition.ng.bluemix.net/login/

(iii) Natural Language Understanding Lab: https://github.com/jeancarl/node-red-labs/blob/master/node-red-natural-language-understanding/node-red-natural-language-understanding.pdf

Instructions on how to bind a service to your application: https://medium.com/@helenflam/how-to-bind-a-service-to-your-application-875bcd8c72f0

IMPORTANT LINKS

Tutorials and SDKs

• Tutorials and Watson SDKs on Github: https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud
• Watson Developer Cloud SDKs: https://www.ibm.com/watson/developer-resources/
• Tutorials for Watson Node Red labs (perfect for hackathons and quick prototyping): https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/node-red-labs
• Tutorials on Watson on Medium Blog: https://medium.com/ibm-watson-developer-cloud

Code Patterns and recipes

• Watson Cognitive Claims Accelerator (need to sign into IBM Cloud to see): https://developer.ibm.com/recipes/tutorials/category/cognitive-computing/
• IBM Code: https://developer.ibm.com/
• IBM Code Patterns: https://developer.ibm.com/patterns/
• Watson Starter Kit: https://console.bluemix.net/developer/watson/starter-kits
• Watson Blog Posts: https://medium.com/ibm-watson
• Watson Github: https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud

Watson Documentation

• Watson Developer Resources: https://www.ibm.com/watson/developer-resources/
• Watson Developer Cloud Swagger docs: https://watson-api-explorer.mybluemix.net/
• Post a question on Watson Developer Works Forum: https://developer.ibm.com/answers/topics/watson.html
• Post a question on Watson Stack Overflow Forum: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/ibm-watson-cognitive
• Post a question on Watson Slack Channel for all unanswered questions (available to everyone): http://wdc-slack-inviter.mybluemix.net/

Additional Educational Resources

• Watson Webinars: https://www.ibm.com/watson/webinars/
• Watson Blog: https://www.ibm.com/blogs/watson/
• Watson Medium blog: https://medium.com/ibm-watson-developer-cloud