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.

Intermediate/long

• 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

The tutorials here are written by Spark users and reposted with their permission. If you have have a tutorial you want to submit, please create a pull request on GitHub, or send us an email.