diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/README.md b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/README.md
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+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2/README.md
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ This module contains articles about core Java input and output (IO)
 - [How to Copy a File with Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-copy-file)
 - [Create a Directory in Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-create-directory) 
 - [Java IO vs NIO](https://www.baeldung.com/java-io-vs-nio)
-- [[<-- Prev]](/core-java-modules/core-java-io)
+- [[<-- Prev]](/core-java-modules/core-java-io)[[More -->]](/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3)
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/README.md b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/README.md
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+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+## Core Java IO
+
+This module contains articles about core Java input and output (IO)
+
+### Relevant Articles: 
+- [Java – Create a File](https://www.baeldung.com/java-how-to-create-a-file)
+- [[<-- Prev]](/core-java-modules/core-java-io-2)
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/pom.xml
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index 0000000000..cb341ca2ae
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+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project
+    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>core-java-io-3</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-java-io-3</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung.core-java-modules</groupId>
+        <artifactId>core-java-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- utils -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>${guava.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- utils -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- logging -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency> <!-- needed to bridge to slf4j for projects that use the log4j APIs directly -->
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- test scoped -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.github.tomakehurst/wiremock -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
+            <artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
+            <version>${wiremock.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <finalName>core-java-io-3</finalName>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-javadoc-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.0.0-M1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <wiremock.version>2.26.3</wiremock.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/createfile/CreateFileUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/createfile/CreateFileUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3cdb22f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-io-3/src/test/java/com/baeldung/createfile/CreateFileUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package com.baeldung.createfile;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+public class CreateFileUnitTest {
+
+    private final String FILE_NAME = "src/test/resources/fileToCreate.txt";
+
+    @AfterEach
+    @BeforeEach
+    public void cleanUpFiles() {
+        File targetFile = new File(FILE_NAME);
+        targetFile.delete();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUsingNio_whenCreatingFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        Path newFilePath = Paths.get(FILE_NAME);
+        Files.createFile(newFilePath);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUsingFile_whenCreatingFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        File newFile = new File(FILE_NAME);
+        boolean success = newFile.createNewFile();
+        assertTrue(success);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUsingGuava_whenCreatingFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        com.google.common.io.Files.touch(new File(FILE_NAME));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenUsingCommonsIo_whenCreatingFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        FileUtils.touch(new File(FILE_NAME));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/pom.xml
index 03b15f60d6..589097cf48 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-modules/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 
         <module>core-java-io</module>
         <module>core-java-io-2</module>
+        <module>core-java-io-3</module>
         <module>core-java-io-apis</module>
         <module>core-java-io-conversions</module>
         <module>core-java-io-conversions-2</module>