Books
Here you can find the Books I wrote:
Mastering Genkit: Go Edition Permalink
- Authors: Xavier Portilla Edo, Nozomi Koborinai
- Technical Reviewer: Iman Rahmati
- Graphic Designer: Ana Sarrion
- ISBN: 9798532810174
- Released: November 2025
- Publisher: Self-published
- Buy: Amazon Kindle
Unlock the full potential of Genkit and Go as you explore the journey from first steps to advanced AI systems. This book takes you from setting up your development environment to building production-ready applications, covering essential topics like Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, evaluation strategies, and scalable deployments.
Through Genkit’s flow-based architecture, you’ll learn how to integrate leading AI models, design robust pipelines, and implement real-world use cases. Each chapter combines theoretical insights with hands-on examples to help you develop the skills needed to create reliable, production-grade AI applications.
Designed for both practitioners expanding their expertise and newcomers experimenting with AI, this resource offers proven methods and practical tools for creating robust, scalable systems.
The Alexa Revolution Permalink
- Authors: Xavier Portilla Edo, Vicente Gerardo Guzmán Lucio
- Technical Reviewer: Joaquín Engelmo Moriche
- Translator: Joan Orellana Rey
- Graphic Designer: Alfredo Porras Lucio
- ISBN: 9798532810174
- Released: July 2021
- Publisher: Self-published
- Buy: Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Books, Google Play
In 2018, approximately 100 million voice-controlled devices were installed in homes around the world. The voice assistants that control them, like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, are getting more powerful, with new features being added every day. Voice applications improve the way users interact with these assistants, whether they are asking for the weather, requesting sports scores or listening to music. This book will guide you in designing, and building voice-based applications for Alexa. Inside, you’ll learn how to develop your own Skills, Amazon’s term for voice apps that are running in Alexa. Everything from scratch, so you should not worry if you are not a developer, that is, no previous programming knowledge is needed. Once the basics are controlled, we will delve into the flow of conversation and into more advanced concepts.
La Revolución de Alexa Permalink
- Authors: Xavier Portilla Edo, Vicente Gerardo Guzmán Lucio
- Technical Reviewer: Joaquín Engelmo Moriche
- Reviwer: Joan Orellana Rey
- Graphic Designer: Alfredo Porras Lucio
- ISBN: 9798585691928
- Released: December 2020
- Publisher: Self-published
- Buy: Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, Google Books, Google Play
First book about Alexa Skills Development written in spanish ever.
In 2018, approximately 100 million voice-controlled devices were installed in homes around the world. The voice assistants that control them, like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, are getting more powerful, with new features being added every day. Voice applications improve the way users interact with these assistants, whether they are asking for the weather, requesting sports scores or listening to music. This book will guide you in designing, and building voice-based applications for Alexa. Inside, you’ll learn how to develop your own Skills, Amazon’s term for voice apps that are running in Alexa. Everything from scratch, so you should not worry if you are not a developer, that is, no previous programming knowledge is needed. Once the basics are controlled, we will delve into the flow of conversation and into more advanced concepts.
