Discord Bots 6: Building a Command Handler

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In this video I demonstrate how to manage multiple Discord bot commands with "a command handler" built with CommonJS and require() in node.js.πŸ’» https://thecodingtrain.com/learning/bots/discord/06-command-handler.html

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Links discussed in this video:
πŸ”— Discord.js Guide Command handling: https://discordjs.guide/command-handling/#command-handling
πŸ”— Intro Discord Bot (Coding Garden GitHub): https://github.com/CodingGarden/intro-discord-bot
πŸ”— import (Mozilla Docs): https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/import
πŸ”— import (Node.js v13 Docs): https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v13.x/api/esm.html#esm_import_statements
πŸ”— Choo choo bot on Glitch: https://glitch.com/~choo-choo-bot-discord

Other videos mentioned in this video:
πŸŽ₯ Coding Garden with CJ - Build a Discord bot: https://youtu.be/gzM7kj6gV5I

Timestamps:
0:00 Welcome Back!
0:39 Explain! What's a command handler?
3:03 Code! Create commands.js using gotMessage()
5:36 Try! Let's see if it works
6:26 Code! JavaScript files for each command
7:59 Code! Let's see if the message a valid command
9:27 Code! Object for looking up commands
11:11 Try! Test to see if the system works
12:00 Code! Call choochoo command from choochoo.js
13:54 Try! Ahh let's see if this works
14:04 Code! Add the gif command
15:14 Try! Let's try running it
15:49 Recap!
17:00 Possible Improvements!
17:56 What's coming next?

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