Tutorials & Guides

Learn by building. Complete tutorials, interactive examples, and framework guides.

Learn by building! Our tutorials and guides show you how to build real applications with StaticBackend.

🎯 Complete Tutorials

Step-by-step guides that build complete applications from scratch.

Build a Todo App

Build a complete todo list application with authentication and database operations.

You’ll learn:

  • User registration and login
  • Creating and storing data
  • Updating documents
  • Loading and displaying data

Time: 30 minutes


Build Real-time Collaboration

Create a collaborative code editor where two people can work together in real-time.

You’ll learn:

  • WebSocket connections and channels
  • Real-time database events
  • Channel-based communication
  • Managing collaborative state

Time: 45 minutes


Build a Live Chat with Server Functions

Build a live chat application with message persistence using server-side functions.

You’ll learn:

  • Server-side functions and event triggers
  • WebSocket channel communication
  • Persisting chat messages to database
  • Event-driven architecture

Time: 45 minutes


🚀 Interactive Tutorials

Hands-on tutorials you can run directly in your browser. Perfect for quick learning.

Interactive Tutorials

Small, focused tutorials on specific features:

Requirements: Local development server running (backend server)


📚 Framework Guides

See how StaticBackend works with popular frameworks.

React + StaticBackend

Integrate StaticBackend into a React application using create-react-app.

Covers:

  • Setting up the client library
  • Authentication with React hooks
  • Database operations in components
  • Real-time updates with WebSockets

More frameworks coming soon: Vue, Svelte, Next.js, Nuxt


🔧 Self-Hosting Guides

Advanced guides for running StaticBackend on your own infrastructure.

Self-Host with Go

Deploy StaticBackend using Go on your own server.

Covers:

  • Setting up the Go environment
  • Configuring databases
  • Production deployment
  • Monitoring and maintenance

What to learn next?

New to StaticBackend?

Using a framework?

  • Check our React guide
  • More framework guides coming soon

Want to self-host?

Need quick answers?


Contributing tutorials

Want to write a tutorial or guide? We’d love your help!

Share your tutorials in GitHub Discussions or submit a pull request to add them here.

Popular tutorial ideas:

  • Vue.js integration guide
  • Svelte integration guide
  • File upload tutorial
  • Real-time dashboard
  • Authentication with OAuth
  • Multi-tenant SaaS app
  • Blog with public posts and authenticated comments

Ready to start? → Build a Todo App

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