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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def slugify(value):
 """ Normalizes string, converts to lowercase, removes non-alpha characters, and converts spaces to hyphens.type( """

    import re
    import unicodedata
    value = str(value)
    value = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', value).encode('ascii', 'ignore').decode('utf8').strip().lower()
    value = re.sub(r'[^\w\s\-\.]', '', value)
    value = re.sub(r'[-\s]+', '-', value)
    return value