diff --git a/polling-app-server/.gitignore b/polling-app-server/.gitignore
index 9269913..61bbefc 100644
--- a/polling-app-server/.gitignore
+++ b/polling-app-server/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 target/
+target/
 !.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
 
 ### STS ###
 .apt_generated
@@ -8,6 +11,7 @@ target/
 .project
 .settings
 .springBeans
+.sts4-cache
 
 ### IntelliJ IDEA ###
 .idea
@@ -16,12 +20,23 @@ target/
 *.ipr
 
 ### NetBeans ###
-nbproject/private/
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
 build/
-nbbuild/
-dist/
-nbdist/
-.nb-gradle/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+.java-version
+
+### Cursor
+*.cursorrules
+
 # Elastic Beanstalk Files
 .elasticbeanstalk/*
 !.elasticbeanstalk/*.cfg.yml