diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+services:
+  spack-example:
+    image: spack-example
+    build:
+      context: ./docker
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: spack-example
+    stdin_open: true
+    tty: true
+    volumes:
+      - './yamlParser:/home/spackbuilder/yamlParser'
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diff --git a/package.py b/package.py
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+# Copyright 2013-2024 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack.package import *
+
+class SpackExercise(CMakePackage):
+    """This is a simple package that is used to demonstrate how to create a package in Spack."""
+
+    homepage = "https://simulation-software-engineering.github.io/homepage/"
+    url = "https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/spack-exercise/archive/refs/tags/v0.3.0.tar.gz"
+
+    maintainers("365bit")
+    license("MIT", checked_by="365bit")
+
+    version("0.3.0", sha256="e54a4c037941d85a22fb3e6e73195df8448cf69a96aa44ef374ac518344812f0")
+    version("0.2.0", sha256="3dd6b4cc0f7aff179d8e290bc3879056237ae372738a4bd7222f6450fbcdfc77")
+    version("0.1.0", sha256="cac78e641cb703e3fe51956f91fe8347ac52f74ef037d8eadae5777c65a19a00")
+
+    depends_on("cxx", type="build")
+
+    depends_on("yaml-cpp@0.7.0", when="@0.3.0")
+    depends_on("boost@1.65.1:", when="@0.2.0:0.3.0")
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