Locally test and debug chat bots built with the Bot Framework SDK
...You can use Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code to run your bot, or use the command line. When you are developing behind a corporate proxy, the Emulator will use the configured environment variables HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY, which specify the proxy URL route for HTTP and HTTPs requests.
A framework for building conversational user interfaces
Bottender takes care of the complexity of conversational UIs for you. Design actions for each event and state in your application and Bottender will run accordingly. Bottender lets you create apps on every channel and never compromise on your users’ experience. This approach makes your code more predictable and easier to debug. You can apply progressive enhancement or graceful degradation strategy on your building blocks. There are thousands of bots powered by Bottender. It has been...