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French Tech, Tuesday, April 11, 2017

https://www.open-agora.com

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Slack, what is it?

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Slack, what is it?

►The next generation of IRC (1988 → 2014)

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►A platform● online● for instant messaging● with a conversation archive● user-friendly● extensible

►Aimed at companies, but not only● professional● personal● associations

Slack, what is it?

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For how much?

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And it works?

►3 years-old already…

[https://slackhq.com/slack-is-turning-two-477e91f7b277]

1.Standard usage

Messaging functions

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In practice: administration

►Creation of a team on https://slack.com

►Connection, configuration, invitations

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In practice: messages

►Simple messages, formatting, links

►Advanced messaging:● code snippets● collaborative posts● files

►Voice, video (depending on OS/browser)

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In practice: channels

►Publics vs privates vs direct messages

► Information sidebar, links to #channel

►Creation, archiving, starring

►Naming, purpose, topic●names to structure discussions●discipline, respect of the rules

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In practice: actions

►Emoji reaction

►Comment, thread

►Sharing (same or different channel)

►Pinning and starring

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In practice: notifications

►Display and configuration● global or by channel

►Temporary turn-off (DND), status change

►Mentions @…● user● global: @here, @channel, @everyone

(use with caution)

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Clients

2.Advanced usage

Extensions and applications

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Native applications

►Commands● start with a /“ ”

►Examples● /me● /remind● /feed subscribe http://lafrenchtech-rennes.fr/actualites/feed/

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Contributed applications

►App directoryhttps://slack.com/apps

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“Homemade” Applications

►Why not?https://api.slack.com/

►Demo with stdlibhttps://medium.com/slack-developer-blog/build-a-serverless-slack-bot-in-9-minutes-with-node-js-and-stdlib-b993cfa15358

Conclusion

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Limits

►Disruptive notifications…►Collective discipline

● write everything, in the right place

(objective 0 internal email)

►Data stored by Slack, in the USA…

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Alternatives► Instant messaging

►Proprietary● Microsoft Teams

● Discord

● HipChat

►Open source● Rocket.Chat

● Mattermost

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To go further

►Slack Platform Eurotour● Paris, May 2nd

more information on https://medium.com/slack-developer-blog/announcing-the-slack-platform-eurotour-bf1f4a05576e

►References● https://slack.com/help (help)● https://slackhq.com/ (general blog: usages)● https://medium.com/slack-developer-blog

(developer blog: tools and news)● https://api.slack.com/ (API documentation)

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Thank you!Benoît Massonbenoit@open-agora.com