diff --git a/apache-poi/pom.xml b/apache-poi/pom.xml
index d94b2e2ad1..1b97248ab2 100644
--- a/apache-poi/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-poi/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <poi.version>3.15</poi.version>
+		<jexcel.version>1.0.6</jexcel.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>
@@ -37,5 +38,20 @@
             <artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
             <version>${poi.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+		 <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>poi</artifactId>
+            <version>${poi.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+		 <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>poi-ooxml-schemas</artifactId>
+            <version>${poi.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jxls</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jxls-jexcel</artifactId>
+            <version>${jexcel.version}</version>
+        </dependency>	
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/apache-poi/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jexcel/JExcelHelper.java b/apache-poi/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jexcel/JExcelHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39076fd709
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-poi/src/main/java/com/baeldung/jexcel/JExcelHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package com.baeldung.jexcel;
+
+import jxl.*;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import jxl.write.*;
+import jxl.write.Number;
+import jxl.format.Colour;
+
+public class JExcelHelper {
+
+    public Map<Integer, List<String>> readJExcel(String fileLocation) throws IOException, BiffException {
+        Map<Integer, List<String>> data = new HashMap<>();
+
+        Workbook workbook = Workbook.getWorkbook(new File(fileLocation));
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheet(0);
+        int rows = sheet.getRows();
+        int columns = sheet.getColumns();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
+            data.put(i, new ArrayList<String>());
+            for (int j = 0; j < columns; j++) {
+                data.get(i).add(sheet.getCell(j, i).getContents());
+            }
+        }
+        return data;
+    }
+
+    public void writeJExcel() throws IOException, WriteException {
+        WritableWorkbook workbook = null;
+        try {
+            File currDir = new File(".");
+            String path = currDir.getAbsolutePath();
+            String fileLocation = path.substring(0, path.length() - 1) + "temp.xls";
+
+            workbook = Workbook.createWorkbook(new File(fileLocation));
+
+            WritableSheet sheet = workbook.createSheet("Sheet 1", 0);
+
+            WritableCellFormat headerFormat = new WritableCellFormat();
+            WritableFont font = new WritableFont(WritableFont.ARIAL, 16, WritableFont.BOLD);
+            headerFormat.setFont(font);
+            headerFormat.setBackground(Colour.LIGHT_BLUE);
+            headerFormat.setWrap(true);
+            Label headerLabel = new Label(0, 0, "Name", headerFormat);
+            sheet.setColumnView(0, 60);
+            sheet.addCell(headerLabel);
+
+            headerLabel = new Label(1, 0, "Age", headerFormat);
+            sheet.setColumnView(0, 40);
+            sheet.addCell(headerLabel);
+
+            WritableCellFormat cellFormat = new WritableCellFormat();
+            cellFormat.setWrap(true);
+
+            Label cellLabel = new Label(0, 2, "John Smith", cellFormat);
+            sheet.addCell(cellLabel);
+            Number cellNumber = new Number(1, 2, 20, cellFormat);
+            sheet.addCell(cellNumber);
+
+            cellLabel = new Label(0, 3, "Ana Johnson", cellFormat);
+            sheet.addCell(cellLabel);
+            cellNumber = new Number(1, 3, 30, cellFormat);
+            sheet.addCell(cellNumber);
+
+            workbook.write();
+        } finally {
+            if (workbook != null) {
+                workbook.close();
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/apache-poi/src/main/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/ExcelPOIHelper.java b/apache-poi/src/main/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/ExcelPOIHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..841be22d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-poi/src/main/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/ExcelPOIHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+package com.baeldung.poi.excel;
+
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Cell;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellType;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.CellStyle;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.IndexedColors;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Row;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Sheet;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.Workbook;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFWorkbook;
+import org.apache.poi.xssf.usermodel.XSSFFont;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.DateUtil;
+import org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.FillPatternType;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class ExcelPOIHelper {
+
+    public Map<Integer, List<String>> readExcel(String fileLocation) throws IOException {
+
+        Map<Integer, List<String>> data = new HashMap<>();
+        FileInputStream file = new FileInputStream(new File(fileLocation));
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook(file);
+        Sheet sheet = workbook.getSheetAt(0);
+        int i = 0;
+        for (Row row : sheet) {
+            data.put(i, new ArrayList<String>());
+            for (Cell cell : row) {
+                switch (cell.getCellTypeEnum()) {
+                case STRING:
+                    data.get(i)
+                        .add(cell.getRichStringCellValue()
+                            .getString());
+                    break;
+                case NUMERIC:
+                    if (DateUtil.isCellDateFormatted(cell)) {
+                        data.get(i)
+                            .add(cell.getDateCellValue() + "");
+                    } else {
+                        data.get(i)
+                            .add((int)cell.getNumericCellValue() + "");
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case BOOLEAN:
+                    data.get(i)
+                        .add(cell.getBooleanCellValue() + "");
+                    break;
+                case FORMULA:
+                    data.get(i)
+                        .add(cell.getCellFormula() + "");
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    data.get(i)
+                        .add(" ");
+                }
+            }
+            i++;
+        }
+        if (workbook != null){
+            workbook.close();
+        }
+        return data;
+    }
+
+    public void writeExcel() throws IOException {
+        Workbook workbook = new XSSFWorkbook();
+
+        try {
+            Sheet sheet = workbook.createSheet("Persons");
+            sheet.setColumnWidth(0, 6000);
+            sheet.setColumnWidth(1, 4000);
+
+            Row header = sheet.createRow(0);
+
+            CellStyle headerStyle = workbook.createCellStyle();
+
+            headerStyle.setFillForegroundColor(IndexedColors.LIGHT_BLUE.getIndex());
+            headerStyle.setFillPattern(FillPatternType.SOLID_FOREGROUND);
+
+            XSSFFont font = ((XSSFWorkbook) workbook).createFont();
+            font.setFontName("Arial");
+            font.setFontHeightInPoints((short) 16);
+            font.setBold(true);
+            headerStyle.setFont(font);
+
+            Cell headerCell = header.createCell(0);
+            headerCell.setCellValue("Name");
+            headerCell.setCellStyle(headerStyle);
+
+            headerCell = header.createCell(1);
+            headerCell.setCellValue("Age");
+            headerCell.setCellStyle(headerStyle);
+
+            CellStyle style = workbook.createCellStyle();
+            style.setWrapText(true);
+
+            Row row = sheet.createRow(2);
+            Cell cell = row.createCell(0);
+            cell.setCellValue("John Smith");
+            cell.setCellStyle(style);
+
+            cell = row.createCell(1);
+            cell.setCellValue(20);
+            cell.setCellStyle(style);
+
+            row = sheet.createRow(3);
+            cell = row.createCell(0);
+            cell.setCellValue("Ana Johnson");
+            cell.setCellStyle(style);
+
+            cell = row.createCell(1);
+            cell.setCellValue(30);
+            cell.setCellStyle(style);
+
+            File currDir = new File(".");
+            String path = currDir.getAbsolutePath();
+            String fileLocation = path.substring(0, path.length() - 1) + "temp.xlsx";
+
+            FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(fileLocation);
+            workbook.write(outputStream);
+        } finally {
+            if (workbook != null) {
+               
+                    workbook.close();
+               
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/apache-poi/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jexcel/JExcelTest.java b/apache-poi/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jexcel/JExcelTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0c129eb22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-poi/src/test/java/com/baeldung/jexcel/JExcelTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package com.baeldung.jexcel;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.baeldung.jexcel.JExcelHelper;
+
+import jxl.write.WriteException;
+import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+public class JExcelTest {
+
+    private JExcelHelper jExcelHelper;
+    private static String FILE_NAME = "temp.xls";
+    private String fileLocation;
+
+    @Before
+    public void generateExcelFile() throws IOException, WriteException {
+
+        File currDir = new File(".");
+        String path = currDir.getAbsolutePath();
+        fileLocation = path.substring(0, path.length() - 1) + FILE_NAME;
+
+        jExcelHelper = new JExcelHelper();
+        jExcelHelper.writeJExcel();
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenParsingJExcelFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException, BiffException {
+        Map<Integer, List<String>> data = jExcelHelper.readJExcel(fileLocation);
+
+        assertEquals("Name", data.get(0)
+            .get(0));
+        assertEquals("Age", data.get(0)
+            .get(1));
+
+        assertEquals("John Smith", data.get(2)
+            .get(0));
+        assertEquals("20", data.get(2)
+            .get(1));
+
+        assertEquals("Ana Johnson", data.get(3)
+            .get(0));
+        assertEquals("30", data.get(3)
+            .get(1));
+
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/apache-poi/src/test/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/ExcelTest.java b/apache-poi/src/test/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/ExcelTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f58db241b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apache-poi/src/test/java/com/baeldung/poi/excel/ExcelTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package com.baeldung.poi.excel;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import jxl.read.biff.BiffException;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.baeldung.poi.excel.ExcelPOIHelper;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.Before;
+
+public class ExcelTest {
+
+    private ExcelPOIHelper excelPOIHelper;
+    private static String FILE_NAME = "temp.xlsx";
+    private String fileLocation;
+
+    @Before
+    public void generateExcelFile() throws IOException {
+
+        File currDir = new File(".");
+        String path = currDir.getAbsolutePath();
+        fileLocation = path.substring(0, path.length() - 1) + FILE_NAME;
+
+        excelPOIHelper = new ExcelPOIHelper();
+        excelPOIHelper.writeExcel();
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenParsingPOIExcelFile_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        Map<Integer, List<String>> data = excelPOIHelper.readExcel(fileLocation);
+
+        assertEquals("Name", data.get(0)
+            .get(0));
+        assertEquals("Age", data.get(0)
+            .get(1));
+
+        assertEquals("John Smith", data.get(1)
+            .get(0));
+        assertEquals("20", data.get(1)
+            .get(1));
+
+        assertEquals("Ana Johnson", data.get(2)
+            .get(0));
+        assertEquals("30", data.get(2)
+            .get(1));
+
+    }
+
+}
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