The tools every bot creator must know

With the exploding growth of the'bots' industry in the last few months, it is most likely only the beginning as there are more tools that help bot developers create better'bots,' and in general, makes their lives a little bit easier. Alongside more popular tools, which already accumulated some seniority and got the attention of the media like'Watson' from'IBM' or'Chatfuel' -- today is really hard to follow up with all the startup companies and other companies that launch products in this rapidly evolving field. It could very well be that bot creators today, are dealing with problems that other entrepreneurs can already help them to solve or at least deal with them more easily. To this end, I decided to gather a short list of bot developing tools which my colleagues and I have got a chance to explore, ranging from NLP solutions to bot builders, analytics and more, which are already available and can serve you. The list is divided according to categories (some tools may appear under more than 1 category) and includes a short explanation about each tool and a link for further information. What this list is not about: It is not the "trip advisor of bot tools" and I do not rate these platforms.