Assignment done. Closes springframeworkguru#1

.gitignore

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-# Compiled class file
-*.class
+######################
+# Project Specific
+######################
+/build/www/**
+/src/test/javascript/coverage/
+/src/test/javascript/PhantomJS*/
 
-# Log file
-*.log
+######################
+# Node
+######################
+/node/
+node_tmp/
+node_modules/
+npm-debug.log.*
+
+######################
+# SASS
+######################
+.sass-cache/
+
+######################
+# Eclipse
+######################
+*.pydevproject
+.project
+.metadata
+tmp/
+tmp/**/*
+*.tmp
+*.bak
+*.swp
+*~.nib
+local.properties
+.classpath
+.settings/
+.loadpath
+.factorypath
+/src/main/resources/rebel.xml
+
+# External tool builders
+.externalToolBuilders/**
+
+# Locally stored "Eclipse launch configurations"
+*.launch
 
-# BlueJ files
-*.ctxt
+# CDT-specific
+.cproject
 
-# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
-.mtj.tmp/
+# PDT-specific
+.buildpath
 
-# Package Files #
+######################
+# Intellij
+######################
+.idea/
+*.iml
+*.iws
+*.ipr
+*.ids
+*.orig
+
+######################
+# Visual Studio Code
+######################
+.vscode/
+
+######################
+# Maven
+######################
+/log/
+/target/
+/target/*
+
+######################
+# Gradle
+######################
+.gradle/
+/build/
+
+######################
+# Package Files
+######################
 *.jar
 *.war
-*.nar
 *.ear
-*.zip
-*.tar.gz
-*.rar
+*.db
+
+######################
+# Windows
+######################
+# Windows image file caches
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Folder config file
+Desktop.ini
+
+######################
+# Mac OSX
+######################
+.DS_Store
+.svn
+
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+
+# Files that might appear on external disk
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+
+######################
+# Directories
+######################
+/bin/
+/deploy/
+
+######################
+# Logs
+######################
+*.log
+
+######################
+# Others
+######################
+*.class
+*.*~
+*~
+.merge_file*
+
+######################
+# Gradle Wrapper
+######################
+!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+######################
+# Maven Wrapper
+######################
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
 
-# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
-hs_err_pid*
+######################
+# ESLint
+######################
+.eslintcache

.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties

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+distributionUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.8.5/apache-maven-3.8.5-bin.zip
+wrapperUrl=https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/wrapper/maven-wrapper/3.1.0/maven-wrapper-3.1.0.jar

HELP.md

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+# Read Me First
+The following was discovered as part of building this project:
+
+* The original package name 'co.luthercorp.rony-joke-app' is invalid and this project uses 'co.luthercorp.ronyjokeapp' instead.
+
+# Getting Started
+
+### Reference Documentation
+For further reference, please consider the following sections:
+
+* [Official Apache Maven documentation](https://maven.apache.org/guides/index.html)
+* [Spring Boot Maven Plugin Reference Guide](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.1/maven-plugin/reference/html/)
+* [Create an OCI image](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.1/maven-plugin/reference/html/#build-image)
+* [Spring Web](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.1/reference/htmlsingle/#web)
+* [Thymeleaf](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.1/reference/htmlsingle/#web.servlet.spring-mvc.template-engines)
+
+### 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/)
+* [Handling Form Submission](https://spring.io/guides/gs/handling-form-submission/)
+