diff --git a/.theia/settings.json b/.theia/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e0f15db2eb22b5d618150277e48b741f8fdd277a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.theia/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "automatic"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/todolist/.gitignore b/todolist/.gitignore
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..213163975bb915006004bbbf5a9c7d75f6598f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todolist/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# ignore maven build folder
+target/
diff --git a/todolist/pom.xml b/todolist/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cfa60dda71957dedde577de173a25fbc3845a2d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todolist/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?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>it1901</groupId>
+    <artifactId>todolist</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <name>todolist</name>
+    <!-- FIXME change it to the project's website -->
+    <url>http://www.example.com</url>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+            <version>5.4.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+            <version>5.4.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                    <release>14</release>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0-M5</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/todolist/src/main/java/todolist/App.java b/todolist/src/main/java/todolist/App.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1925bda43ce8d42e878f39023cd03af324a6b43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todolist/src/main/java/todolist/App.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package todolist;
+
+/**
+ * Hello world!
+ *
+ */
+public class App 
+{
+    public static void main( String[] args )
+    {
+        System.out.println( "Hello World!" );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/todolist/src/test/java/todolist/AppTest.java b/todolist/src/test/java/todolist/AppTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6863505ed2049fdd89ec085907f9b443350352ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/todolist/src/test/java/todolist/AppTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package todolist;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class AppTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldAnswerWithTrue() {
+        assertTrue(true);
+    }
+}