Amazon Working With Strayer on Alexa Course for Developers

The New York Code + Design Academy (NYCDA) is working with Amazon on a developer program for Alexa skills. Strayer Education, parent company of NYCDA, is offering a course, Voice Activated Apps 101 with Amazon Alexa, billed as the first in-person training on building Alexa skills in the Ruby programming language. Enrollment is open for the eight-week NYCDA/Amazon course that will be taught Aug. 9-Sept. 27, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at NYCDA headquarters at 90 John St. in New York. Developer and NYCDA co-founder Zach Feldman will teach the class.