diff --git a/Spring-Boot/IntelliJ-spring-boot-project/pom.xml b/Spring-Boot/IntelliJ-spring-boot-project/pom.xml
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+<?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>
+
+    <groupId>com.javadevjournal</groupId>
+    <artifactId>demoproject</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>sample-project-IntelliJ</name>
+    <description>How to create Spring Boot project using IntelliJ</description>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.1.RELEASE</version>
+        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+    </parent>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+
+</project>
diff --git a/Spring-Boot/IntelliJ-spring-boot-project/src/main/java/com/javadevjournal/demoproject/SampleProjectIntelliJApplication.java b/Spring-Boot/IntelliJ-spring-boot-project/src/main/java/com/javadevjournal/demoproject/SampleProjectIntelliJApplication.java
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+package com.javadevjournal.demoproject;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class SampleProjectIntelliJApplication {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(SampleProjectIntelliJApplication.class, args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Spring-Boot/IntelliJ-spring-boot-project/src/main/resources/application.properties b/Spring-Boot/IntelliJ-spring-boot-project/src/main/resources/application.properties
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+server.port=7777
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diff --git a/Spring-Boot/IntelliJ-spring-boot-project/src/test/java/com/javadevjournal/demoproject/SampleProjectIntelliJApplicationTests.java b/Spring-Boot/IntelliJ-spring-boot-project/src/test/java/com/javadevjournal/demoproject/SampleProjectIntelliJApplicationTests.java
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+package com.javadevjournal.demoproject;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest
+public class SampleProjectIntelliJApplicationTests {
+
+    @Test
+    public void contextLoads() {
+    }
+
+}