Tutorials

We recommend starting with either the Maven setup or Gradle setup tutorial, then going through the Basic webapp structure tutorial.

Simple/short

Embedded Jetty with request logger

Create a Spark instance with an embedded Jetty server containing a log4j request logger
Using Spark with Kotlin

Use Kotlin with Spark to create a simple CRUD REST API.
JavaScript todo-list app

Create a modern single page application in Spark and intercooler.js without writing JavaScript.
Basic webapp structure

Create a basic Spark application with filters, controllers, authentication, localization, etc.
CORS example

How to enable CORS in Spark.
Websocket chat app

Use WebSockets in Spark to create a real-time chat app.
Deploying to Heroku

Deploy a Spark Hello World application on Heroku!
Docker setup

Get started with Spark on Docker
Gradle setup

Set up a Spark application using Gradle 2.5 in Eclipse Luna.
Maven setup

Set up a Spark project using Maven in IntelliJ IDEA and Eclipse.

Building a contact app

Create a full webapp for syncing your contact list, using Spark, Heroku, MongoDB and SRP authentication.
Building a Twitter clone

Create a Twitter clone using Spark, Freemarker, Spring, and HSQLDB
Functional testing

Write functional tests for Spark using cucumber.
Unit testing

Example approach for Unit testing in Spark.
Spark on Raspberry Pi

Use Spark as a webserver on a Raspberry Pi
Freemarker template example

Create a HTML view of a blog
Database setup (sql2o)

Connect Spark to a database using sql2o
Reducing java boilerplate

Use Spark, Lombok and Jackson to create a boilerplate free REST service