William R. Spires

Selecting My First Discord Bot Project Having finished the RealPython Discord bot tutorial, I was anxious to build a discord bot. I’d recently complete my Pokémon Passport Service Alexa skill, so I wondered how hard it would be to adapt that data to a discord bot. Millions of Pokémon fans...

What is Discord? Discord is a popular chat platform that allows people to join servers that align with their interests. I use Discord to stay in contact with my friends that play Pokémon, both Pokémon Go and the mainline series. Discord comes with some built-in features, but the application becomes...

Troubleshooting my Pokémon Passport Service Skill After finishing the first draft of my skill, I began testing the skill. During this process, I found a few issues. My skill gave the wrong answer when presented with certain edge cases. Pokémon forms were the cause of several edge cases. For example,...

Designing an Alexa skill using my Pokémon Passport Service Data Not long after I created my Pokémon passport service data, I was eager to build an application using it. I was already familiar with Alexa skills, so I jumped into building an Alexa skill with this data. Making the data...

Picking my latest Project The release of Pokémon Sword and Shield brought a new source of confusion to the Pokémon community. Rather than have all pokémon on the new games, only a select group of pokémon would make the transition. This was upsetting, but it also inspired a new question,...