Phew! Home and Work Exercises | Fun + Casual Exercise

Inspiration

I was inspired to create this after I spent long amount of time sitting down doing work but when I got time to do exercise I didn't know what to do or when I did it seemed dull and mundane to do the exercise. I had a Echo Dot in my office. Thats when I had a lightbulb moment to create a Skill which made exercise fun , casual and something to look forward for!

What it does

Its a rather simple concept. It uses a Array of exercises and then when the user invokes the skill it starts the maths randomiser which then picks a exercise and then outputs it to the user via voice and/or the screen on their screened devices.

How I built it

I built it with ASK documentation , My Own Skills , Stack Overflow and the Alexa Developers Forum (and my Son!)

Challenges I ran into

Node.JS instructions were severely out of date so I had to debug and modify for the new standards and then by accident learning node.JS cmd! The Annoying "Endpoint not found" error (That took me a good week to fix!) Running out of Coffee. The Intent schema refusing to build (Fixed itself?!)

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

Learning new skills such as Node.JS Broadening my Coding Horizons (I usually only code in python and PHP!) Surviving the debugging process

What I learned

Node.JS cmd and How to work its magic! New JS skills New Exercises which I couldn't believe were good for you! Jokes (Like For the skill)

What's next for Phew! Home and Work Exercises | Fun + Casual Exercise

Intergrate a timer and notification system for my skill once it is available for developers Have a better implantation on the Echo Show and Spot screen response (Animated Exercises?) Add more exercises in co-ordination with a physiotherapist (I have a contact who is willing to help!) Charge users a rip off price. Jokes. I have no plan to charge users as Its rewarding just to know people are getting healthier with my skill!