Build a Slackbot Scheduler in 30 Minutes!

This tutorial provides a comprehensive guide on creating a Slack scheduler bot that can add events to a personal calendar using the Nylas Calendar API and a simple Slack slash command. It outlines the necessary prerequisites, such as having a GitHub and Heroku account, a Slack workspace, and a text editor. The tutorial is divided into several parts, starting with the basic app setup, deploying the application on Heroku, configuring Heroku variables, connecting the app to Slack, adding text parsing functionality, and finally building the scheduling functionality that interacts with the Nylas API. It includes detailed instructions for setting up a Slack app with a slash command, using regular expressions for text parsing, and handling API requests to schedule events. Additionally, it provides troubleshooting tips and suggests potential extensions to enhance the bot's capabilities, such as adding event descriptions, locations, participants, and handling recurring or existing events.