The document discusses the Tiny Spec conference in Pune, India and encourages sharing experiences on social media using the hashtags #TinySpec2019 and #spcPune. It also contains information about the Slack platform launch in 2015 and growth of the platform since then. Key points include over 12 million daily active Slack users, 600k+ developers building on Slack, and over 90% of paid customers using Slack apps. The document also discusses new features for building Slack apps like the app toolkit, granular permissions, and the app home tab.

1. Share your
Tiny Spec
experience
Use #TinySpec2019
or #spcPune on
social media
1
Share your favorite
moments in channel
- join #tinyspec2019
2
#TinySpec2019 #spcPune

2. Spec?
Tiny Spec?
Slack?
What is Spec?1
What is Tiny Spec?2
#TinySpec2019 #spcPune

3. Slack Pune
What is built here in
Pune?
#TinySpec2019 #spcPune

4. The Modern
Slack Platform
November 12th, 2019

5. “The Slack Platform aims
to make your experience
with apps even better.”
Slack Platform launch
December 2015

6. 95%
say Slack apps make
the parent software
more valuable

7. 90+%
of paid customers use
Slack apps
600K+
developers build on Slack

8. Share your
Tiny Spec
experience
Use #TinySpec2019
or #spcDelhi on
social media
1
Share your favorite
moments in channel
- join #tinyspec2019
2
#TinySpec2019 #spcDelhi

9. Daily Active Users
In September 2019, we exceeded 12 million daily active users

10. Webhooks ChatbotsSlash commands
/

11. Slack
Platform
launch Message
buttons
Message
menus
Dialogs
Message
actions
Block Kit
Apps in the client

12. Making apps simpler to
discover, understand and use

13. Introducing
The Slack app toolkit
The happy path to building engaging
apps for any company

14. The Slack app toolkit

17. Introducing
Granular permissions

18. Redesigned install UI

20. Granular Permissions
● New endpoints:
https://slack.com/oauth/v2/authorize &
https://slack.com/api/oauth.v2.access
● Slash commands and webhooks now are
associated with the bot token.
● New credentials payload.

21. Permissions
Granular permissions
Install UI redesign
AVAILABLE
OPEN BETA

25. Section with ... Context
Actions
Image Block
Divider
Fields
DatepickerSection with ...
Static & Dynamic Selects

26. Section with ... Context
Actions
Image Block
Divider
Fields
Datepicker
Radio
Checkboxes
Coming Soon
Section with ...
Static & Dynamic Selects Input & Multi-Line
Multi-Select

28. Block Kit
New blocks
Block Kit builder updates
AVAILABLE
COMING SOON

30. Informational
display
Block Kit in Modals

32. Introducing the home tab

36. Surfaces
Messages
Modals
App home tab
AVAILABLE
OPEN BETA
AVAILABLE

38. Actions from messages

42. Actions
Actions from messages
Actions from anywhere
LAUNCHED
COMING SOON

43. WYSIWYG

44. ...
"text": "This is a *rich text *message that uses _italics and
_~strikethrough ~and looks :sparkles: _*fabulous*_ :sparkles:",
"...
"blocks": [
{
"type": "rich_text",
"block_id": "hUBz",
"elements": [
{
"type": "rich_text_section",
"elements": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "This is a "
}, ...
]
}
]
WYSIWYG

45. Shared Channels

46. Introducing
Slack Developer and
Admin Certifications
slackcertified.com

47. Building for
Slack App Home Tab
November 7th, 2019

48. The Slack App home tab

49. Troopr Assistant
Troop Assistant is Slack app for agile teams that
provides Jira, Github integration and Standup
functionality in one.

50. Building with Blockkit
Builder

52. App Home Tab for
1. Onboarding
2. Launchpad
3. Dashboard

54. BEFORE

55. App Home Tab for
1. Onboarding
2. Launchpad
3. Dashboard

56. Github Issue Tracker
Launchpad
Github Launchpad
Standups Launchpad
Jira Launchpad

57. App Home Tab for
1. Onboarding
2. Launchpad
3. Dashboard

60. /troopr jira report
BEFORE

61. App Home Tab
With Modals

62. Richer interactions
1. Easier multi Step Form filling
2. Easier editing in Modals
3. Multi select for issue labels

63. Long form New multi step form

64. Richer interactions
1. Easier multi Step Form filling
2. Easier editing in Modals
3. Multi select for issue labels

65. BEFORE
AFTER

66. Richer interactions
1. Easier multi Step Form filling
2. Easier editing in Modals
3. Multi select for issue labels

67. Selecting multiple labels for Jira Issues

68. App Home Tab
Things to consider

69. ● Plan for migration: If you already have written a lot of code for
message driven interaction, prepare for several weeks of migration
● Do you really need it?: If your app is primarily notification driven,
you should evaluate if there is benefit in making App Home Tab the
default interface.
● Avoid switching Tabs: Avoid interactions that require frequent tab
switching. Actions triggered in a surface should fulfill in the same
surface.
● Watchout: App Home Tab is still in Beta.
● Watchout: App Home Tab is only available for Desktop.
● Watchout: Linking from Message tab to Dashboard or vice versa is
not possible today. Slack team is still working on it. There are some
workarounds available for now.

70. The App era is here and thanks to
Slack App Toolkit, several people are
building for it ..

71. Prototype