Amazon today is rolling out the biggest makeover for its Alexa Skills Kit Developer Console – the console where voice app developers create their skills – since its debut back in 2015.

Amazon's new beta for developing Alexa skills is centered around build, test, launch, and measure phases.

Alexa developers create code for a skill’s voice user interface in Amazon’s developer console, as opposed to in HTML and CSS on a web server.

This is the latest move by Amazon to simplify Alexa skill development for developers. On Tuesday, Amazon released a public beta of the Skills Management API and the Alexa Skills Command-Line Protocol.

Learn how to build your own Alexa skills with Amazon's tools. You can even share your new skills with friends or publish them to the Alexa Skills Store.

To get started, developers can review a new exam guide, which helps them learn about Alexa skill building through tutorials, technical documentation and more.

The program, which dates back to 2017, offers free AWS credits and monthly checks to Amazon app developers with popular Alexa Skills. The money stops flowing on June 30.

A previous Alexa Skills Workshop at Coding Dojo. (Coding Dojo Photo) Developer bootcamp Coding Dojo is planning 30 Amazon Alexa Skills Workshops for at least 1,500 developers by the end of 2017.

Today is a good day to go voice-first, as Amazon released guidance on tools, agencies, and analytics for its smart digital assistant technology, Alexa.

Amazon intros Knowledge Skills for Alexa developers The new skill type lets users ask questions about spreadsheet data without calling up a specific skill by name.