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Posted by Tad Luedeke
Tad Luedeke
12,677 Points

Can't get HandlebarsTemplateEngine to work - January 2022

I'm getting multiple errors trying to follow along with this course. It seems wildly outdated, as every video I cannot follow along. It's extremely frustrating.

Does anyone know how to make HandlebarsTemplateEngine work in 2022?

I'm getting an error on: import spark.template.handlebars.HandlebarsTemplateEngine;

that says "cannot resolve symbol 'template'

2 Answers

jb30
jb30
44,806 Points
jb30
jb30
44,806 Points

If you are using gradle, in build.gradle,

dependencies {
    implementation "com.sparkjava:spark-template-handlebars:2.7.1"
}

If you are using maven, in pom.xml,

        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
            <artifactId>spark-template-handlebars</artifactId>
            <version>2.7.1</version>
        </dependency>

Gradle did not build successfully for me until I updated my IDE and in the process updated gradle to gradle 7.3

Tad Luedeke
Tad Luedeke
12,677 Points
Tad Luedeke
Tad Luedeke
12,677 Points

Thanks, I ended up with implementation group: 'com.sparkjava', name: 'spark-template-handlebars', version: '2.7.1'

But it didn't work until I restarted IntelliJ completely.