Programming APIs With The Spark Web Framework

This guidebook collects our research, reviews, and code walkthroughs centered around the tiny Java web framework Spark (Not to be confused with the data processing framework Apache Spark). In addition to Spark, this mini code-heavy ebook introduces some new technologies that our authors are using internally and would like to share with the web development community. Throughout the course of this guide, we introduce the benefits of using the Spark web framework, demonstrate how it works with Java, and compare language behavior with other languages like Kotlin, Go, and Scala. Read to to learn how to use Spark to build APIs for speed, productivity, purpose, and cloud readiness.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Using Spark to Create APIs in Java
Chapter 3. Introducing Kotlin to the JVM
Chapter 4. Building APIs on the JVM using Kotlin and Spark
Chapter 5. Using Spark to Create APIs in Scala