diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8d40cd886..486fd5a19 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,7 @@
 !/demos/**/Cargo.lock
 
 **/.DS_Store
-*.iml
\ No newline at end of file
+*.iml
+
+# Code coverage files
+*.profraw
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.tarpaulin.toml b/.tarpaulin.toml
index f45206ac0..dd25ceae1 100644
--- a/.tarpaulin.toml
+++ b/.tarpaulin.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ exclude = [
     "swimos_form_derive",
     "swimos_agent_derive",
     "macro_utilities",
+    "example_client_2_2",
+    "example_server_2_2"
 ]
 workspace = true
 avoid-cfg-tarpaulin = true
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 712a0e3f0..cb5fb20a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ members = [
     "example_apps/join_value",
     "example_apps/aggregations",
     "example_apps/time_series",
+    "example_apps/devguide/2_2/*",
 ]
 
 exclude = [
diff --git a/example_apps/devguide/2_2/example_client/Cargo.toml b/example_apps/devguide/2_2/example_client/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9183041a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_apps/devguide/2_2/example_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "example_client_2_2"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
+swimos_client = { path = "../../../../client/swimos_client" }
+swimos_form = { path = "../../../../api/swimos_form" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example_apps/devguide/2_2/example_client/src/main.rs b/example_apps/devguide/2_2/example_client/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a8531c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_apps/devguide/2_2/example_client/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+use swimos_client::{BasicValueDownlinkLifecycle, DownlinkConfig, RemotePath, SwimClientBuilder};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    // Build a Swim Client using the default configuration.
+    // The `build` method returns a `SwimClient` instance and its internal
+    // runtime future that is spawned below.
+    let (client, task) = SwimClientBuilder::default().build().await;
+    let _client_task = tokio::spawn(task);
+    let handle = client.handle();
+
+    // Build a path the downlink.
+    let state_path = RemotePath::new(
+        // The host address
+        "ws://0.0.0.0:8080",
+        // You can provide any agent URI that matches the pattern
+        // "/example/:id"
+        "/example/1",
+        // This is the URI of the ValueLane<i32> in our ExampleAgent
+        "state",
+    );
+
+    let lifecycle = BasicValueDownlinkLifecycle::<usize>::default()
+        // Register an event handler that is invoked when the downlink connects to the agent.
+        .on_linked_blocking(|| println!("Downlink linked"))
+        // Register an event handler that is invoked when the downlink synchronises its state.
+        // with the agent.
+        .on_synced_blocking(|value| println!("Downlink synced with: {value:?}"))
+        // Register an event handler that is invoked when the downlink receives an event.
+        .on_event_blocking(|value| println!("Downlink event: {value:?}"));
+
+    // Build our downlink.
+    //
+    // This operation may fail if there is a connection issue.
+    let state_downlink = handle
+        .value_downlink::<i32>(state_path)
+        .lifecycle(lifecycle)
+        .downlink_config(DownlinkConfig::default())
+        .open()
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to open downlink");
+
+    for i in 0..10 {
+        // Update the lane's state.
+        state_downlink
+            .set(i)
+            .await
+            .expect("Failed to set downlink state");
+    }
+
+    tokio::signal::ctrl_c()
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to listen for ctrl-c.");
+}
diff --git a/example_apps/devguide/2_2/example_server/Cargo.toml b/example_apps/devguide/2_2/example_server/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ede66706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_apps/devguide/2_2/example_server/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "example_server_2_2"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
+swimos = { path = "../../../../swimos", features = ["server"] }
+swimos_form = { path = "../../../../api/swimos_form" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example_apps/devguide/2_2/example_server/src/main.rs b/example_apps/devguide/2_2/example_server/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15e0f2128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_apps/devguide/2_2/example_server/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+use swimos::{
+    agent::{
+        agent_lifecycle::HandlerContext, agent_model::AgentModel, event_handler::EventHandler,
+        lanes::ValueLane, lifecycle, projections, AgentLaneModel,
+    },
+    route::RoutePattern,
+    server::{Server, ServerBuilder, ServerHandle},
+};
+
+use std::{error::Error, time::Duration};
+
+#[derive(AgentLaneModel)]
+#[projections]
+pub struct ExampleAgent {
+    state: ValueLane<i32>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ExampleLifecycle;
+
+#[lifecycle(ExampleAgent)]
+impl ExampleLifecycle {
+    // Handler invoked when the agent starts.
+    #[on_start]
+    pub fn on_start(
+        &self,
+        context: HandlerContext<ExampleAgent>,
+    ) -> impl EventHandler<ExampleAgent> {
+        context.effect(|| println!("Starting agent."))
+    }
+
+    // Handler invoked when the agent is about to stop.
+    #[on_stop]
+    pub fn on_stop(
+        &self,
+        context: HandlerContext<ExampleAgent>,
+    ) -> impl EventHandler<ExampleAgent> {
+        context.effect(|| println!("Stopping agent."))
+    }
+
+    // Handler invoked after the state of 'lane' has changed.
+    #[on_event(state)]
+    pub fn on_event(
+        &self,
+        context: HandlerContext<ExampleAgent>,
+        value: &i32,
+    ) -> impl EventHandler<ExampleAgent> {
+        let n = *value;
+        // EventHandler::effect accepts a FnOnce()
+        // which runs a side effect.
+        context.effect(move || {
+            println!("Setting value to: {}", n);
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error + Send + Sync>> {
+    // Create a dynamic route for our agents.
+    let route = RoutePattern::parse_str("/example/:id")?;
+    // Create an agent model which contains the factory for creating the agent as well
+    // as the lifecycle which will be run.
+    let agent = AgentModel::new(ExampleAgent::default, ExampleLifecycle.into_lifecycle());
+
+    // Create a server builder.
+    let server = ServerBuilder::with_plane_name("Plane")
+        // Bind to port 8080
+        .set_bind_addr("127.0.0.1:8080".parse().unwrap())
+        // For this guide, ensure agents timeout fairly quickly.
+        // An agent will timeout after they have received no new updates
+        // for this configured period of time.
+        .update_config(|config| {
+            config.agent_runtime.inactive_timeout = Duration::from_secs(20);
+        })
+        // Register the agent against the route.
+        .add_route(route, agent)
+        .build()
+        // Building the server may fail if many routes are registered and some
+        // are ambiguous.
+        .await?;
+
+    // Run the server. A tuple of the server's runtime
+    // future and a handle to the runtime is returned.
+    let (task, handle) = server.run();
+    // Watch for ctrl+c signals
+    let shutdown = manage_handle(handle);
+
+    // Join on the server and ctrl+c futures.
+    let (_, result) = tokio::join!(shutdown, task);
+
+    result?;
+    println!("Server stopped successfully.");
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+// Utility function for awaiting a stop signal in the terminal.
+async fn manage_handle(mut handle: ServerHandle) {
+    tokio::signal::ctrl_c()
+        .await
+        .expect("Failed to register interrupt handler.");
+
+    println!("Stopping server.");
+    handle.stop();
+}