diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 630077b1a4..b8978ab067 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -780,6 +780,7 @@
 
                 <module>spring-mobile</module>
                 <module>spring-mockito</module>
+                <module>spring-websockets</module>
                 <module>spring-mvc-basics-4</module>
                 <module>spring-mvc-forms-jsp</module>
                 <module>spring-mvc-forms-thymeleaf</module>
@@ -1377,6 +1378,7 @@
 
                 <module>spring-mobile</module>
                 <module>spring-mockito</module>
+                <module>spring-websockets</module>
                 <module>spring-mvc-forms-jsp</module>
                 <module>spring-mvc-forms-thymeleaf</module>
                 <module>spring-mvc-java</module>
diff --git a/spring-aop/README.md b/spring-aop/README.md
index 061e736d31..4522cd63c1 100644
--- a/spring-aop/README.md
+++ b/spring-aop/README.md
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 This module contains articles about Spring aspect oriented programming (AOP)
 
 ### Relevant articles
-
 - [Implementing a Custom Spring AOP Annotation](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-aop-annotation)
 - [Intro to AspectJ](https://www.baeldung.com/aspectj)
 - [Spring Performance Logging](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-performance-logging)
 - [Introduction to Spring AOP](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-aop)
+- [Introduction to Pointcut Expressions in Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-aop-pointcut-tutorial)
+- [Introduction to Advice Types in Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-aop-advice-tutorial)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Foo.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/Foo.java
similarity index 76%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Foo.java
rename to spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/Foo.java
index 01f5f43f60..b20c9a3ccf 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Foo.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/Foo.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-package com.baeldung.model;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice;
 
-import com.baeldung.aop.annotations.Entity;
+import com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.annotations.Entity;
 
 @Entity
 public class Foo {
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/LoggingAspect.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/LoggingAspect.java
similarity index 87%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/LoggingAspect.java
rename to spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/LoggingAspect.java
index 169d664471..481e1d323a 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/LoggingAspect.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/LoggingAspect.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.aop;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice;
 
 import org.aspectj.lang.JoinPoint;
 import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ public class LoggingAspect {
         }
     };
 
-    @Pointcut("within(com.baeldung..*) && execution(* com.baeldung.dao.FooDao.*(..))")
+    @Pointcut("within(com.baeldung..*) && execution(* com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.dao.FooDao.*(..))")
     public void repositoryMethods() {
     }
 
-    @Pointcut("within(com.baeldung..*) && @annotation(com.baeldung.aop.annotations.Loggable)")
+    @Pointcut("within(com.baeldung..*) && @annotation(com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.annotations.Loggable)")
     public void loggableMethods() {
     }
 
-    @Pointcut("within(com.baeldung..*) && @args(com.baeldung.aop.annotations.Entity)")
+    @Pointcut("within(com.baeldung..*) && @args(com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.annotations.Entity)")
     public void methodsAcceptingEntities() {
     }
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/PerformanceAspect.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/PerformanceAspect.java
similarity index 93%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/PerformanceAspect.java
rename to spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/PerformanceAspect.java
index 8f374cc1e5..4f445e301e 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/PerformanceAspect.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/PerformanceAspect.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.aop;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice;
 
 import org.aspectj.lang.ProceedingJoinPoint;
 import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Around;
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class PerformanceAspect {
 
     private static Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(PerformanceAspect.class.getName());
 
-    @Pointcut("within(com.baeldung..*) && execution(* com.baeldung.dao.FooDao.*(..))")
+    @Pointcut("within(com.baeldung..*) && execution(* com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.dao.FooDao.*(..))")
     public void repositoryClassMethods() {
     }
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/PublishingAspect.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/PublishingAspect.java
similarity index 86%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/PublishingAspect.java
rename to spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/PublishingAspect.java
index a45402dc18..bb96e08772 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/PublishingAspect.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/PublishingAspect.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-package com.baeldung.aop;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice;
 
-import com.baeldung.events.FooCreationEvent;
+import com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.events.FooCreationEvent;
 import org.aspectj.lang.JoinPoint;
 import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.AfterReturning;
 import org.aspectj.lang.annotation.Aspect;
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ public class PublishingAspect {
         this.eventPublisher = eventPublisher;
     }
 
-    @Pointcut("within(com.baeldung..*) && execution(* com.baeldung.dao.FooDao.*(..))")
+    @Pointcut("within(com.baeldung..*) && execution(* com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.dao.FooDao.*(..))")
     public void repositoryMethods() {
     }
 
-    @Pointcut("within(com.baeldung..*) && execution(* com.baeldung.dao.FooDao.create*(Long,..))")
+    @Pointcut("within(com.baeldung..*) && execution(* com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.dao.FooDao.create*(Long,..))")
     public void firstLongParamMethods() {
     }
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/annotations/Entity.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/annotations/Entity.java
similarity index 83%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/annotations/Entity.java
rename to spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/annotations/Entity.java
index 61d91b0777..e6753cdd61 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/annotations/Entity.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/annotations/Entity.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.aop.annotations;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.annotations;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/annotations/Loggable.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/annotations/Loggable.java
similarity index 84%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/annotations/Loggable.java
rename to spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/annotations/Loggable.java
index 92aa950e58..921003be63 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/aop/annotations/Loggable.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/annotations/Loggable.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.aop.annotations;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.annotations;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dao/FooDao.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/dao/FooDao.java
similarity index 69%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dao/FooDao.java
rename to spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/dao/FooDao.java
index 1d28b082ec..72a9762991 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dao/FooDao.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/dao/FooDao.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-package com.baeldung.dao;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.dao;
 
-import com.baeldung.aop.annotations.Loggable;
-import com.baeldung.model.Foo;
+import com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.Foo;
+import com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.annotations.Loggable;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
 
 @Repository
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/events/FooCreationEvent.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/events/FooCreationEvent.java
similarity index 81%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/events/FooCreationEvent.java
rename to spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/events/FooCreationEvent.java
index 5ea4b46c04..8cee80fa0c 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/events/FooCreationEvent.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/events/FooCreationEvent.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.events;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.events;
 
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/events/FooCreationEventListener.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/events/FooCreationEventListener.java
similarity index 91%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/events/FooCreationEventListener.java
rename to spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/events/FooCreationEventListener.java
index c0aa744bc1..4a55b2138d 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/events/FooCreationEventListener.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/events/FooCreationEventListener.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.events;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.events;
 
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/resources/com/baeldung/aop/beans.xml b/spring-aop/src/main/resources/pointcutadvice/beans.xml
similarity index 83%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/resources/com/baeldung/aop/beans.xml
rename to spring-aop/src/main/resources/pointcutadvice/beans.xml
index e6aa9d77c4..ad96827a13 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/resources/com/baeldung/aop/beans.xml
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/resources/pointcutadvice/beans.xml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-4.2.xsd">
 
-    <bean id="perfomanceMeter" class="com.baeldung.aop.PerformanceAspect"/>
-    <bean id="fooDao" class="com.baeldung.dao.FooDao"/>
+    <bean id="perfomanceMeter" class="com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.PerformanceAspect"/>
+    <bean id="fooDao" class="com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.dao.FooDao"/>
 
     <aop:config>
         <aop:pointcut id="anyDaoMethod" expression="@target(org.springframework.stereotype.Repository)"/>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/config/TestConfig.java b/spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/TestConfig.java
similarity index 67%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/config/TestConfig.java
rename to spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/TestConfig.java
index 641513a24a..e5db2508e4 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/config/TestConfig.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/TestConfig.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-package com.baeldung.config;
+package com.baeldung;
 
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.EnableAspectJAutoProxy;
 
 @Configuration
-@ComponentScan(basePackages = { "com.baeldung.dao", "com.baeldung.aop", "com.baeldung.events" })
+@ComponentScan(basePackages = { "com.baeldung.pointcutadvice" })
 @EnableAspectJAutoProxy
 public class TestConfig {
 }
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/aop/AopLoggingIntegrationTest.java b/spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/AopLoggingIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 95%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/aop/AopLoggingIntegrationTest.java
rename to spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/AopLoggingIntegrationTest.java
index 698bae4c0f..eff3d2eb19 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/aop/AopLoggingIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/AopLoggingIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-package com.baeldung.aop;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice;
 
-import com.baeldung.config.TestConfig;
-import com.baeldung.dao.FooDao;
-import com.baeldung.model.Foo;
+import com.baeldung.TestConfig;
+import com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.dao.FooDao;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/aop/AopPerformanceIntegrationTest.java b/spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/AopPerformanceIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 94%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/aop/AopPerformanceIntegrationTest.java
rename to spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/AopPerformanceIntegrationTest.java
index c9ab2fb4bb..452609d730 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/aop/AopPerformanceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/AopPerformanceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-package com.baeldung.aop;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice;
 
-import com.baeldung.config.TestConfig;
-import com.baeldung.dao.FooDao;
+import com.baeldung.TestConfig;
+import com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.dao.FooDao;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/aop/AopPublishingIntegrationTest.java b/spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/AopPublishingIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 90%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/aop/AopPublishingIntegrationTest.java
rename to spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/AopPublishingIntegrationTest.java
index 2503900e69..559dc52cb5 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/aop/AopPublishingIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/AopPublishingIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-package com.baeldung.aop;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice;
 
-import com.baeldung.config.TestConfig;
-import com.baeldung.dao.FooDao;
-import com.baeldung.events.FooCreationEventListener;
-import com.baeldung.model.Foo;
+import com.baeldung.TestConfig;
+import com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.dao.FooDao;
+import com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.events.FooCreationEventListener;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/aop/AopXmlConfigPerformanceIntegrationTest.java b/spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/AopXmlConfigPerformanceIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 93%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/aop/AopXmlConfigPerformanceIntegrationTest.java
rename to spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/AopXmlConfigPerformanceIntegrationTest.java
index 3b380315e8..5727cfd7bc 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/aop/AopXmlConfigPerformanceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/test/java/com/baeldung/pointcutadvice/AopXmlConfigPerformanceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-package com.baeldung.aop;
+package com.baeldung.pointcutadvice;
 
-import com.baeldung.dao.FooDao;
+import com.baeldung.pointcutadvice.dao.FooDao;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration("/com/baeldung/aop/beans.xml")
+@ContextConfiguration("/pointcutadvice/beans.xml")
 public class AopXmlConfigPerformanceIntegrationTest {
 
     @Before
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/README.md b/spring-mvc-java/README.md
index 7088162496..4859e28147 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/README.md
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/README.md
@@ -7,17 +7,13 @@ This module contains articles about Spring MVC with Java configuration
 The "REST With Spring" Classes: http://bit.ly/restwithspring
 
 ### Relevant Articles: 
-- [Introduction to Pointcut Expressions in Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-aop-pointcut-tutorial)
-- [Introduction to Advice Types in Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-aop-advice-tutorial)
 - [Integration Testing in Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/integration-testing-in-spring)
 - [A Quick Guide to Spring MVC Matrix Variables](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-mvc-matrix-variables)
-- [Intro to WebSockets with Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/websockets-spring)
 - [File Upload with Spring MVC](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-file-upload)
 - [Introduction to HtmlUnit](https://www.baeldung.com/htmlunit)
 - [Upload and Display Excel Files with Spring MVC](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-mvc-excel-files)
 - [web.xml vs Initializer with Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-xml-vs-java-config)
 - [Spring MVC @PathVariable with a dot (.) gets truncated](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-mvc-pathvariable-dot)
-- [A Quick Example of Spring Websockets’ @SendToUser Annotation](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-websockets-sendtouser)
 - [Working with Date Parameters in Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-date-parameters)
 - [A Java Web Application Without a web.xml](https://www.baeldung.com/java-web-app-without-web-xml)
 - [The HttpMediaTypeNotAcceptableException in Spring MVC](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-httpmediatypenotacceptable)
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index dd197bbeb5..079a664a5d 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -48,19 +48,6 @@
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
             <version>${jackson.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- AOP -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
-            <version>${aspectjrt.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
-            <version>${aspectjweaver.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- common -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
@@ -120,18 +107,6 @@
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
             <version>${hibernate-validator.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <!-- Web socket to user example -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>${gson.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-websocket</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
@@ -285,11 +260,8 @@
         <javax.el.version>3.0.1-b09</javax.el.version>
         <javax.version>4.0.1</javax.version>
         <javax-servlet-api.version>2.3.3</javax-servlet-api.version>
-        <aspectjrt.version>1.9.1</aspectjrt.version>
-        <aspectjweaver.version>1.9.1</aspectjweaver.version>
         <htmlunit.version>2.32</htmlunit.version>
         <json-path.version>2.4.0</json-path.version>
-        <gson.version>2.8.5</gson.version>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.SpringMVCApplication</start-class>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/SpringContextTest.java b/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/SpringContextTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8943ecb548..0000000000
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/test/java/com/baeldung/SpringContextTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
-
-import com.baeldung.config.TestConfig;
-
-@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = {TestConfig.class})
-public class SpringContextTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenSpringContextIsBootstrapped_thenNoExceptions() {
-        
-    }
-}
diff --git a/spring-websockets/README.md b/spring-websockets/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26e1c6db7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-websockets/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+## Spring WebSockets
+
+This module contains articles about Spring WebSockets.
+
+### Relevant articles
+- [Intro to WebSockets with Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/websockets-spring)
+- [A Quick Example of Spring Websockets’ @SendToUser Annotation](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-websockets-sendtouser)
diff --git a/spring-websockets/pom.xml b/spring-websockets/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddfd512476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-websockets/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?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>spring-websockets</artifactId>
+    <name>spring-websockets</name>
+    <packaging>war</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-websocket</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <finalName>spring-websockets</finalName>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringBootApp.java b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringBootApp.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea2a461dfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringBootApp.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package com.baeldung;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class SpringBootApp extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(SpringBootApp.class, args);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebSocketSendToUserConfig.java b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sendtouser/WebSocketSendToUserConfig.java
similarity index 98%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebSocketSendToUserConfig.java
rename to spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sendtouser/WebSocketSendToUserConfig.java
index dbd52e20ba..76837d27f5 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebSocketSendToUserConfig.java
+++ b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sendtouser/WebSocketSendToUserConfig.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.spring.web.config;
+package com.baeldung.sendtouser;
 
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.http.server.ServerHttpRequest;
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/WebsocketSendToUserController.java b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sendtouser/WebsocketSendToUserController.java
similarity index 96%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/WebsocketSendToUserController.java
rename to spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sendtouser/WebsocketSendToUserController.java
index 4b55bcc00f..12475ad055 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/WebsocketSendToUserController.java
+++ b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/sendtouser/WebsocketSendToUserController.java
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-package com.baeldung.web.controller;
-
-import java.security.Principal;
-import java.util.Map;
+package com.baeldung.sendtouser;
 
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.MessageExceptionHandler;
 import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.MessageMapping;
 import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.Payload;
 import org.springframework.messaging.simp.annotation.SendToUser;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import java.security.Principal;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 @Controller
 public class WebsocketSendToUserController {
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/ChatController.java b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websockets/ChatController.java
similarity index 83%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/ChatController.java
rename to spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websockets/ChatController.java
index f4bed1950b..4ac78c2730 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/ChatController.java
+++ b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websockets/ChatController.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-package com.baeldung.web.controller;
+package com.baeldung.websockets;
 
-import com.baeldung.model.Message;
-import com.baeldung.model.OutputMessage;
 import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.MessageMapping;
 import org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.SendTo;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Message.java b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websockets/Message.java
similarity index 85%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Message.java
rename to spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websockets/Message.java
index 76d53e132a..dd147a7bf5 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/Message.java
+++ b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websockets/Message.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.model;
+package com.baeldung.websockets;
 
 public class Message {
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/OutputMessage.java b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websockets/OutputMessage.java
similarity index 93%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/OutputMessage.java
rename to spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websockets/OutputMessage.java
index 9aad564b1e..33d1f42743 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/model/OutputMessage.java
+++ b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websockets/OutputMessage.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.model;
+package com.baeldung.websockets;
 
 public class OutputMessage {
 
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebSocketConfig.java b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websockets/WebSocketConfig.java
similarity index 95%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebSocketConfig.java
rename to spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websockets/WebSocketConfig.java
index 0793658e90..7b53dbc3f3 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/web/config/WebSocketConfig.java
+++ b/spring-websockets/src/main/java/com/baeldung/websockets/WebSocketConfig.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.baeldung.spring.web.config;
+package com.baeldung.websockets;
 
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.messaging.simp.config.MessageBrokerRegistry;
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/resources/chat.html b/spring-websockets/src/main/webapp/resources/chat.html
similarity index 96%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/resources/chat.html
rename to spring-websockets/src/main/webapp/resources/chat.html
index 92a54534fd..17c8494dd8 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/resources/chat.html
+++ b/spring-websockets/src/main/webapp/resources/chat.html
@@ -1,88 +1,88 @@
-<html>
-	<head>
-	    <title>Chat WebSocket</title>
-	    
-	    <script src="./js/sockjs-0.3.4.js"></script>
-	    <script src="./js/stomp.js"></script>
-	    
-	    <script type="text/javascript">
-	    
-	        var stompClient = null;
-	        
-	        function setConnected(connected) {
-	        	
-	            document.getElementById('connect').disabled = connected;
-	            document.getElementById('disconnect').disabled = !connected;
-	            document.getElementById('conversationDiv').style.visibility = connected ? 'visible' : 'hidden';
-	            document.getElementById('response').innerHTML = '';
-	        }
-	        
-	        function connect() {
-	        	
-	            var socket = new SockJS('/spring-mvc-java/chat');
-	            stompClient = Stomp.over(socket);  
-	            
-	            stompClient.connect({}, function(frame) {
-	                
-	            	setConnected(true);
-	                console.log('Connected: ' + frame);
-	                stompClient.subscribe('/topic/messages', function(messageOutput) {
-	                	
-	                    showMessageOutput(JSON.parse(messageOutput.body));
-	                });
-	            });
-	        }
-	        
-	        function disconnect() {
-	        	
-	            if(stompClient != null) {
-	                stompClient.disconnect();
-	            }
-	            
-	            setConnected(false);
-	            console.log("Disconnected");
-	        }
-	        
-	        function sendMessage() {
-	        	
-	        	var from = document.getElementById('from').value;
-	            var text = document.getElementById('text').value;
-	            stompClient.send("/app/chat", {}, JSON.stringify({'from':from, 'text':text}));
-	        }
-	        
-	        function showMessageOutput(messageOutput) {
-	        	
-	            var response = document.getElementById('response');
-	            var p = document.createElement('p');
-	            p.style.wordWrap = 'break-word';
-	            p.appendChild(document.createTextNode(messageOutput.from + ": " + messageOutput.text + " (" + messageOutput.time + ")"));
-	            response.appendChild(p);
-	        }
-	        
-	    </script>
-	    
-	</head>
-	
-	<body onload="disconnect()">
-
-		<div>
-		
-		
-			<div>
-				<input type="text" id="from" placeholder="Choose a nickname"/>
-			</div>
-			<br />
-		    <div>
-		        <button id="connect" onclick="connect();">Connect</button>
-		        <button id="disconnect" disabled="disabled" onclick="disconnect();">Disconnect</button>
-		    </div>
-		    <br />
-		    <div id="conversationDiv">
-		        <input type="text" id="text" placeholder="Write a message..."/>
-		        <button id="sendMessage" onclick="sendMessage();">Send</button>
-		        <p id="response"></p>
-		    </div>
-		</div>
-
-	</body>
+<html>
+	<head>
+	    <title>Chat WebSocket</title>
+	    
+	    <script src="./js/sockjs-0.3.4.js"></script>
+	    <script src="./js/stomp.js"></script>
+	    
+	    <script type="text/javascript">
+	    
+	        var stompClient = null;
+	        
+	        function setConnected(connected) {
+	        	
+	            document.getElementById('connect').disabled = connected;
+	            document.getElementById('disconnect').disabled = !connected;
+	            document.getElementById('conversationDiv').style.visibility = connected ? 'visible' : 'hidden';
+	            document.getElementById('response').innerHTML = '';
+	        }
+	        
+	        function connect() {
+	        	
+	            var socket = new SockJS('/spring-mvc-java/chat');
+	            stompClient = Stomp.over(socket);  
+	            
+	            stompClient.connect({}, function(frame) {
+	                
+	            	setConnected(true);
+	                console.log('Connected: ' + frame);
+	                stompClient.subscribe('/topic/messages', function(messageOutput) {
+	                	
+	                    showMessageOutput(JSON.parse(messageOutput.body));
+	                });
+	            });
+	        }
+	        
+	        function disconnect() {
+	        	
+	            if(stompClient != null) {
+	                stompClient.disconnect();
+	            }
+	            
+	            setConnected(false);
+	            console.log("Disconnected");
+	        }
+	        
+	        function sendMessage() {
+	        	
+	        	var from = document.getElementById('from').value;
+	            var text = document.getElementById('text').value;
+	            stompClient.send("/app/chat", {}, JSON.stringify({'from':from, 'text':text}));
+	        }
+	        
+	        function showMessageOutput(messageOutput) {
+	        	
+	            var response = document.getElementById('response');
+	            var p = document.createElement('p');
+	            p.style.wordWrap = 'break-word';
+	            p.appendChild(document.createTextNode(messageOutput.from + ": " + messageOutput.text + " (" + messageOutput.time + ")"));
+	            response.appendChild(p);
+	        }
+	        
+	    </script>
+	    
+	</head>
+	
+	<body onload="disconnect()">
+
+		<div>
+		
+		
+			<div>
+				<input type="text" id="from" placeholder="Choose a nickname"/>
+			</div>
+			<br />
+		    <div>
+		        <button id="connect" onclick="connect();">Connect</button>
+		        <button id="disconnect" disabled="disabled" onclick="disconnect();">Disconnect</button>
+		    </div>
+		    <br />
+		    <div id="conversationDiv">
+		        <input type="text" id="text" placeholder="Write a message..."/>
+		        <button id="sendMessage" onclick="sendMessage();">Send</button>
+		        <p id="response"></p>
+		    </div>
+		</div>
+
+	</body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/resources/js/sockjs-0.3.4.js b/spring-websockets/src/main/webapp/resources/js/sockjs-0.3.4.js
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/resources/js/sockjs-0.3.4.js
rename to spring-websockets/src/main/webapp/resources/js/sockjs-0.3.4.js
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/resources/js/stomp.js b/spring-websockets/src/main/webapp/resources/js/stomp.js
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/resources/js/stomp.js
rename to spring-websockets/src/main/webapp/resources/js/stomp.js
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/resources/js/webSocketSendToUserApp.js b/spring-websockets/src/main/webapp/resources/js/webSocketSendToUserApp.js
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-mvc-java/src/main/webapp/resources/js/webSocketSendToUserApp.js
rename to spring-websockets/src/main/webapp/resources/js/webSocketSendToUserApp.js