Changing to Spring project

Author: mjovanc

.env

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-### Node ###
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
-npm-debug.log*
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
-lerna-debug.log*
-package-lock.json
-
-# Diagnostic reports (https://nodejs.org/api/report.html)
-report.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*.json
-
-# Runtime data
-pids
-*.pid
-*.seed
-*.pid.lock
-
-# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
-lib-cov
-
-# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
-coverage
-*.lcov
-
-# nyc test coverage
-.nyc_output
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (https://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# Bower dependency directory (https://bower.io/)
-bower_components
-
-# node-waf configuration
-.lock-wscript
-
-# Compiled binary addons (https://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
-
-# Dependency directories
-node_modules/
-jspm_packages/
-
-# TypeScript v1 declaration files
-typings/
-
-# TypeScript cache
-*.tsbuildinfo
-
-# Optional npm cache directory
-.npm
-
-# Optional eslint cache
-.eslintcache
-
-# Optional REPL history
-.node_repl_history
-
-# Output of 'npm pack'
-*.tgz
-
-# Yarn Integrity file
-.yarn-integrity
-
-# dotenv environment variables file (should not be commented out in real project)
-# .env
-# .env.test
-
-# parcel-bundler cache (https://parceljs.org/)
-.cache
-
-# next.js build output
-.next
-
-# nuxt.js build output
-.nuxt
-
-# rollup.js default build output
-dist/
-
-# Uncomment the public line if your project uses Gatsby
-# https://nextjs.org/blog/next-9-1#public-directory-support
-# https://create-react-app.dev/docs/using-the-public-folder/#docsNav
-# public
-
-# Storybook build outputs
-.out
-.storybook-out
-
-# vuepress build output
-.vuepress/dist
-
-# Serverless directories
-.serverless/
-
-# FuseBox cache
-.fusebox/
-
-# DynamoDB Local files
-.dynamodb/
-
-# Temporary folders
-tmp/
-temp/
-
-### VisualStudioCode ###
-.vscode/*
-!.vscode/settings.json
-!.vscode/tasks.json
-!.vscode/launch.json
-!.vscode/extensions.json
-
-### VisualStudioCode Patch ###
-# Ignore all local history of files
-.history
-
-# idea
+HELP.md
+.gradle
+build/
+!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+bin/
+!**/src/main/**/bin/
+!**/src/test/**/bin/
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
 .idea
-target/
-
-# c8
-coverage/
-.c8
-
-# Drawio Diagram backup files
-*.bkp
-*.dtmp
-
-*.log
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+out/
+!**/src/main/**/out/
+!**/src/test/**/out/
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/

.gitignore

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+# Getting Started
+
+### Reference Documentation
+For further reference, please consider the following sections:
+
+* [Official Gradle documentation](https://docs.gradle.org)
+* [Spring Boot Gradle Plugin Reference Guide](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.3/gradle-plugin/reference/html/)
+* [Create an OCI image](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.3/gradle-plugin/reference/html/#build-image)
+* [Spring Web](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.3/reference/htmlsingle/#web)
+* [Spring Boot DevTools](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.3/reference/htmlsingle/#using.devtools)
+* [WebSocket](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.3/reference/htmlsingle/#messaging.websockets)
+
+### Guides
+The following guides illustrate how to use some features concretely:
+
+* [Building a RESTful Web Service](https://spring.io/guides/gs/rest-service/)
+* [Serving Web Content with Spring MVC](https://spring.io/guides/gs/serving-web-content/)
+* [Building REST services with Spring](https://spring.io/guides/tutorials/rest/)
+* [Using WebSocket to build an interactive web application](https://spring.io/guides/gs/messaging-stomp-websocket/)
+
+### Additional Links
+These additional references should also help you:
+
+* [Gradle Build Scans – insights for your project's build](https://scans.gradle.com#gradle)
+