Initial commit. General setup.

.gitignore

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+# NPM dependencies
+
+node_modules
+package-lock.json

README.md

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+# AWS Lambda in TypeScript
+
+## Install the dependencies
+
+```bash
+npm install
+```
+
+## Run project
+
+1. Open a console
+
+  ```bash
+  npm ngrok
+  ```
+
+  Copy the https link go to Alexa Console, under Endpoint section, select `HTTPS` and paste the link in `Default Region` input field. From the below dropdown choose `My development endpoint is a sub-domain of a domain that has a wildcard certificate from a certificate authority`.
+  Every time when you run the ngrok, you need to update the endpoint url. [1](https://medium.com/@cnadeau_/allow-alexa-to-run-your-locally-hosted-skill-1786e3ca7a1b)
+
+2. Open another console
+  ```bash
+  npm start
+  ```
+
+## Developer tasks
+
+Frequently used `npm script`s:
+
+| Script name   | Description                                                                                                         |
+|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `start`       | Runs the service locally, so you can call your API endpoints on http://localhost.                                   |
+| `ngrok`       | Runs the ngrok service locally, so you can use the https endpoint in Alexa skill:  https://XXXXX.ngrok.io.          |
+
+                                                               |
+
+
+## Resources
+
+1. https://medium.com/@cnadeau_/allow-alexa-to-run-your-locally-hosted-skill-1786e3ca7a1b
+2. https://github.com/balassy/aws-lambda-typescript
+3. https://ask-sdk-for-nodejs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Developing-Your-First-Skill.html
+4. https://ngrok.com/
+5. https://github.com/alexa/alexa-skills-kit-sdk-for-nodejs

nodemon.json

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+{
+    "watch": ["src"],
+    "ext": "ts",
+    "ignore": ["src/**/*.spec.ts"],
+    "exec": "ts-node ./src/index.ts"
+  }

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "alexa-skill-starter-pack-typescript",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "A sample to create AWS Lambda functions in TypeScript with Serverless.",
+  "main": "src/index.ts",
+  "scripts": {
+    "start": "nodemon",
+    "ngrok": "./scripts/ngrok http -bind-tls=true -host-header=rewrite 3000",
+    "clean": "rimraf .build"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "aws",
+    "lambda",
+    "tslint",
+    "typescript"
+  ],
+  "author": "Bogdan Alexandru Militaru",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/boobo94/alexa-skill-starter-pack-typescript.git"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/aws-lambda": "^8.10.0",
+    "@types/body-parser": "^1.17.0",
+    "@types/express": "^4.16.0",
+    "@types/node": "^10.0.7",
+    "@types/request": "^2.0.8",
+    "@types/request-promise-native": "^1.0.10",
+    "aws-lambda-mock-context": "^3.1.1",
+    "aws-sdk": "^2.149.0",
+    "body-parser": "^1.18.3",
+    "express": "^4.16.3",
+    "nodemon": "^1.17.5",
+    "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
+    "source-map-support": "^0.5.0",
+    "ts-node": "^7.0.0",
+    "tslint": "^5.8.0",
+    "typescript": "^2.9.2"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "ask-sdk": "^2.0.7",
+    "ask-sdk-core": "^2.0.7",
+    "ask-sdk-model": "^1.3.1"
+  }
+}

tsconfig.json

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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+      "module": "commonjs",
+      "target": "es6",
+      "lib": [ 
+        "es6"
+      ],
+      "moduleResolution": "node",
+      "rootDir": "./",
+      "sourceMap": true,
+      "allowJs": true,
+      // "noImplicitAny": true,
+      "noUnusedLocals": true,
+      "noImplicitThis": true,
+      "strictNullChecks": true,
+      "noImplicitReturns": true,
+      "preserveConstEnums": true,
+      "suppressImplicitAnyIndexErrors": true,
+      "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+      "strict": true
+    },
+    "exclude": [ 
+      "node_modules",
+      "coverage"
+     ]
+  }