diff --git a/rest-practice/.gitignore b/rest-practice/.gitignore
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f35f60a357424aa265b3a6c1933c26af537c57ad
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+++ b/rest-practice/.gitignore
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+# Mac file finder metadata
+.DS_Store
+# Windows file metadata
+._*
+# Thumbnail image caches
+Thumbs.db
+ethumbs.db
+# MS Office temporary file
+~*
+# Emacs backup file
+*~
+
+# Common
+[Bb]in/
+[Bb]uild/
+[Oo]bj/
+[Oo]ut/
+[Tt]mp/
+[Xx]86/
+[Ii][Aa]32/
+[Xx]64/
+[Xx]86_64/
+[Xx]86-64/
+[Aa]rm
+[Aa]32
+[Tt]32
+[Aa]64
+*.tmp
+*.bak
+*.bk
+*.swp
+
+# Java files
+*.class
+javadoc/
+
+# Maven
+target/
+pom.xml.tag
+pom.xml.releaseBackup
+pom.xml.versionsBackup
+pom.xml.next
+release.properties
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+buildNumber.properties
+.mvn/timing.properties
+
+# JetBrains (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, etc) files
+.idea/
+cmake-build-*/
+*.iml
+*.iws
+*.ipr
+
+# Eclipse files
+.settings/
+.project
+.classpath
+.buildpath
+.loadpath
+.factorypath
+local.properties
diff --git a/rest-practice/pom.xml b/rest-practice/pom.xml
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+<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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>edu.unl.cse.soft160.rest_practice</groupId>
+  <artifactId>rest_practice</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>rest_practice</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>11</source>
+                    <target>11</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.13</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/rest-practice/src/main/java/edu/unl/cse/soft160/rest_practice/WeatherReporter.java b/rest-practice/src/main/java/edu/unl/cse/soft160/rest_practice/WeatherReporter.java
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9f103682f0a2b6bb5861fa1cd2bcdc9343a70b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest-practice/src/main/java/edu/unl/cse/soft160/rest_practice/WeatherReporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package edu.unl.cse.soft160.rest_practice;
+
+/**
+ * Hello world!
+ */
+public class WeatherReporter {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("Hello World!");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rest-practice/src/test/java/edu/unl/cse/soft160/rest_practice/.gitkeep b/rest-practice/src/test/java/edu/unl/cse/soft160/rest_practice/.gitkeep
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