diff --git a/aws-app-sync/pom.xml b/aws-app-sync/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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>2.2.6.RELEASE</version>
+		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+	</parent>
+	<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+	<artifactId>aws-app-sync</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>aws-app-sync</name>
+	<description>Demo project for Spring Boot using AWS App Sync</description>
+
+	<properties>
+		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+	</properties>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<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>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
+					<artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/aws-app-sync/src/main/java/com/baeldung/awsappsync/AwsAppSyncApplication.java b/aws-app-sync/src/main/java/com/baeldung/awsappsync/AwsAppSyncApplication.java
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+package com.baeldung.awsappsync;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class AwsAppSyncApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(AwsAppSyncApplication.class, args);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/aws-app-sync/src/main/resources/application.properties b/aws-app-sync/src/main/resources/application.properties
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+
diff --git a/aws-app-sync/src/test/java/com/baeldung/awsappsync/AwsAppSyncApplicationTests.java b/aws-app-sync/src/test/java/com/baeldung/awsappsync/AwsAppSyncApplicationTests.java
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+++ b/aws-app-sync/src/test/java/com/baeldung/awsappsync/AwsAppSyncApplicationTests.java
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+package com.baeldung.awsappsync;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+class AwsAppSyncApplicationTests {
+
+	@Test
+	void contextLoads() {
+	}
+
+}