diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 21586748b7..b981a473f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 .idea/
 *.iml
 *.iws
+out/
 
 # Mac
 .DS_Store
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@
 log/
 target/
 
+# Gradle
+.gradle/
+
 spring-openid/src/main/resources/application.properties
 .recommenders/
 /spring-hibernate4/nbproject/
diff --git a/core-groovy-2/README.md b/core-groovy-2/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9701976142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-groovy-2/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Groovy
+
+## Relevant articles:
+
+- [String Matching in Groovy](http://www.baeldung.com/)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-groovy-2/pom.xml b/core-groovy-2/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbedbf2157
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-groovy-2/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+<?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>
+    <artifactId>core-groovy</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-groovy-2</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>
+            <version>${groovy-all.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+            <version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.spockframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spock-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${spock-core.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.codehaus.gmavenplus</groupId>
+                <artifactId>gmavenplus-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${gmavenplus-plugin.version}</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>compile</goal>
+                            <goal>compileTests</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.20.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                <useFile>false</useFile>
+                <includes>
+                    <include>**/*Test.java</include>
+                    <include>**/*Spec.java</include>
+                </includes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>central</id>
+            <url>http://jcenter.bintray.com</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
+    <properties>
+        <groovy-all.version>2.5.6</groovy-all.version>
+        <hsqldb.version>2.4.0</hsqldb.version>
+        <spock-core.version>1.3-groovy-2.5</spock-core.version>
+        <gmavenplus-plugin.version>1.6.3</gmavenplus-plugin.version>
+    </properties>
+</project>
+
diff --git a/core-groovy-2/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/strings/StringMatchingSpec.groovy b/core-groovy-2/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/strings/StringMatchingSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3865bc73fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-groovy-2/src/test/groovy/com/baeldung/strings/StringMatchingSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package com.baeldung.strings
+
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+import java.util.regex.Pattern
+
+class StringMatchingSpec extends Specification {
+
+    def "pattern operator example"() {
+        given: "a pattern"
+        def p = ~'foo'
+
+        expect:
+        p instanceof Pattern
+
+        and: "you can use slash strings to avoid escaping of blackslash"
+        def digitPattern = ~/\d*/
+        digitPattern.matcher('4711').matches()
+    }
+
+    def "match operator example"() {
+        expect:
+        'foobar' ==~ /.*oba.*/
+
+        and: "matching is strict"
+        !('foobar' ==~ /foo/)
+    }
+
+    def "find operator example"() {
+        when: "using the find operator"
+        def matcher = 'foo and bar, baz and buz' =~ /(\w+) and (\w+)/
+
+        then: "will find groups"
+        matcher.size() == 2
+
+        and: "can access groups using array"
+        matcher[0][0] == 'foo and bar'
+        matcher[1][2] == 'buz'
+
+        and: "you can use it as a predicate"
+        'foobarbaz' =~ /bar/
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 80187ffc6f..ff2fa55410 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1039,6 +1039,7 @@
                 <module>cdi</module>
                 <module>checker-plugin</module>
                 <module>core-groovy</module>
+                <module>core-groovy-2</module>
                 <!-- <module>core-java-10</module> --> <!-- We haven't upgraded to java 10. Fixing in BAEL-10841 -->
                 <!-- <module>core-java-11</module> --> <!-- We haven't upgraded to java 11. Fixing in BAEL-10841 --> 
                 <module>core-java-8</module>