What's new with Bot Framework

This repository contains code for the .NET version of the Microsoft Bot Framework SDK, which is part of the Microsoft Bot Framework - a comprehensive framework for building enterprise-grade conversational AI experiences.

This SDK enables developers to model conversation and build sophisticated bot applications using .NET. SDKs for JavaScript, Python and Java (preview) are also available.

To get started building bots using the SDK, see the Azure Bot Service Documentation.

For more information jump to a section below.

• Build status
• Packages
• Getting started
• Getting support and providing feedback
• Contributing and our code of conduct
• Reporting security sssues

Build Status

Branch	Description	Build Status	Coverage Status	Windows Bot Test Status	Linux Bot Test Status
Main	4.19.* Preview Builds

Packages

Name	Released Package	Daily Build
Microsoft.Bot.Builder
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Facebook
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Slack
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Twilio
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Adapters.Webex
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.LUIS
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.Orchestrator
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.AI.QnA
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.ApplicationInsights
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Azure
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Azure.Blobs
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Azure.Queues
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Dialogs
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Dialogs.Adaptive
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Dialogs.Adaptive.Runtime
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Dialogs.Adaptive.Testing
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Dialogs.Debugging
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Dialogs.Declarative
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Integration.ApplicationInsights.Core
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Integration.ApplicationInsights.WebApi
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Integration.AspNet.Core
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Integration.AspNet.WebApi
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.LanguageGeneration
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Parsers.LU
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.TemplateManager
Microsoft.Bot.Builder.Testing
Microsoft.Bot.Configuration
Microsoft.Bot.Connector
Microsoft.Bot.Schema
Microsoft.Bot.Streaming

Daily Feeds

The daily feeds are published to Azure Artifacts and MyGet.

• The Azure Artifacts daily feed is our preferred method to obtain the most recent Bot Framework NuGet packages. To use the daily builds published to Azure Artifacts, use: https://pkgs.dev.azure.com/ConversationalAI/BotFramework/_packaging/SDK/nuget/v3/index.json

• For detailed instructions to consume the daily builds in Azure Artifacts visit this page.

• To use the daily builds published to MyGet, please follow the instructions here. NOTE: The MyGet feed will be depecrated soon. Please use the Azure Artifacts daily feed instead.

Dependency Graph

To view our libraries' interdependencies, you can refer to the dependency graph for our libraries.

Getting Started

To get started building bots using the SDK, see the Azure Bot Service Documentation.

The Bot Framework Samples includes a rich set of samples repository.

If you want to debug an issue, would like to contribute, or understand how the Bot Builder SDK works, instructions for building and testing the SDK are below.

Prerequisites

• Git
• Visual Studio

Clone

Clone a copy of the repo:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/botbuilder-dotnet.git

Change to the SDK's directory:

cd botbuilder-dotnet

Build and test locally

Open Microsoft.Bot.Builder.sln in Visual Studio. On the menu bar, choose Build > Build Solution.

When the solution is built, local NuGet package files (.nupkg) are generated for each project and are available under the outputPackages directory. You can add this folder to your NuGet Package Manager source list in Visual Studio (choose Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Settings from the Visual Studio menu and add an additional Package Sources from there), allowing you to consume these in your local projects.

Getting support and providing feedback

Below are the various channels that are available to you for obtaining support and providing feedback. Please pay carful attention to which channel should be used for which type of content. e.g. general "how do I..." questions should be asked on Stack Overflow, Twitter or Gitter, with GitHub issues being for feature requests and bug reports.

Github issues

Github issues should be used for bugs and feature requests.

Stack overflow

Stack Overflow is a great place for getting high-quality answers. Our support team, as well as many of our community members are already on Stack Overflow providing answers to 'how-to' questions.

Azure Support

If you issues relates to Azure Bot Service, you can take advantage of the available Azure support options.

Twitter

We use the @msbotframework account on twitter for announcements and members from the development team watch for tweets for @msbotframework.

Gitter Chat Room

The Gitter Channel provides a place where the Community can get together and collaborate.

Contributing and our code of conduct

We welcome contributions and suggestions. Please see our contributing guidelines for more information.

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

Reporting Security Issues

Security issues and bugs should be reported privately, via email, to the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) at secure@microsoft.com. You should receive a response within 24 hours. If for some reason you do not, please follow up via email to ensure we received your original message. Further information, including the MSRC PGP key, can be found in the Security TechCenter.

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Licensed under the MIT License.