Project Structure
In this section, you will learn more about the project structure of a Jovo Voice App.
Overview
A Jovo project is divided into two main building blocks:
- Project Files: Overall project related files, e.g. language models and platform project information
- Source Files: The actual code of your app. Can be found in the
src
folder
Project Files
These files are in the root folder and include anything that is needed to publish a project to voice platforms like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
Project files include:
project.js - Project Configuration
The project.js
file stores all the necessary information for your Jovo project, for example which voice platforms are built for.
Here is the project.js
file of the Jovo Sample App:
models - Language Model
The models folder contains the Jovo Language Model, which can be used to create and update platform specific language models using the Jovo CLI.
The idea is to maintain a single language model locally instead of having to go to the platform developer consoles independently.
In the models
folder, every language gets a file. For example, here's how a file en-US.json
could look like:
platforms - Platform Files
The platforms
folder is created by the Jovo CLI. Each platform (like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant) gets its own folder with project files and language models. These files are then used to deploy the projects to the voice platforms.
Source Files
In the src
folder, you can find the actual code of your Jovo app. This part is later deployed to hosting providers like AWS Lambda.
app.js - App Logic
The app.js
file is used for the logic of your voice application, which contains handlers, intents, and the configuration of your voice app:
config.js - App Config
The config.js
file stores all the logic-related configuration:
index.js - Host Configuration
Everything related to running and hosting your voice application, either in Lambda or using a webhook (recommended for local prototyping), is dealt with in index.js
file:
Learn everything related to host configuration and the
index.js
file here.