Create Parity Examples about java-sparkpost HOT 3 CLOSED

This is dependent on Issue #9 so transport API is properly formed.

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@yepher did you talk about this approach with @richleland ? We are trying to get away from building an SDK with API parity.

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No I did not although I did hear him mention that yesterday. I guess I interpreted 'Partiy" as direct API parity example and not SDK parity examples.

What I am trying to figure out is what the best bang for the buck samples would be. I have a few ideas but need a good place to start. Both Cole and Nancy mentioned the current sample (or lack there of) in the previous code review so I thought it warranted an issue.

Maybe this issue should become what examples should be implemented first. I have a little more work on the lib layer but then will move on to creating some samples.

I believe some compulsory samples are:

• Simple Transmission
• How to send an Attachment in an RFC822

Most users of the SDK will need to do at least the first one. I have ready made code in Ruby and Java for the second so might as well add it.

A more advanced sample and might be fun to code up. I am thinking pull each template from SparkPost and thumbnail each preview to show in a list. If user select the thumbnail they are taken to a way to step through a list of data to see what the email would look like in a web view and/or text view. This obviously is a much bigger piece of work than the items listed above. Here is a quick mockup wireframe of what I was thinking. I would probably create a iOS/Mac Application version first because it would be a lot easier to do there first before trying to write in Java.

This is just a brain dump. I am very open to feedback on what to do once the lib is ready to have sample written against it.

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