diff --git a/assertj-introduction/pom.xml b/assertj-introduction/pom.xml
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index 0000000000..21cd0c0121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assertj-introduction/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?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>
+
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>assertj-introduction</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.12</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>3.4.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.3</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
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diff --git a/assertj-introduction/src/main/java/com/baeldung/assertj/domain/Dog.java b/assertj-introduction/src/main/java/com/baeldung/assertj/domain/Dog.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..adfcf05225
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+++ b/assertj-introduction/src/main/java/com/baeldung/assertj/domain/Dog.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.baeldung.assertj.domain;
+
+public class Dog {
+    private String name;
+    private Float weight;
+
+    public Dog(String name, Float weight) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.weight = weight;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public Float getWeight() {
+        return weight;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/assertj-introduction/src/main/java/com/baeldung/assertj/domain/Person.java b/assertj-introduction/src/main/java/com/baeldung/assertj/domain/Person.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f6bb7f55b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assertj-introduction/src/main/java/com/baeldung/assertj/domain/Person.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.baeldung.assertj.domain;
+
+public class Person {
+    private String name;
+    private Integer age;
+
+    public Person(String name, Integer age) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/assertj-introduction/src/test/java/com/baeldung/assertj/AssertJDemoTest.java b/assertj-introduction/src/test/java/com/baeldung/assertj/AssertJDemoTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71ce2c53b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assertj-introduction/src/test/java/com/baeldung/assertj/AssertJDemoTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package com.baeldung.assertj;
+
+import com.baeldung.assertj.domain.Dog;
+import com.baeldung.assertj.domain.Person;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.withPrecision;
+
+public class AssertJDemoTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenComparingReferences_thenNotEqual() throws Exception {
+        Dog fido = new Dog("Fido", 5.15f);
+        Dog fidosClone = new Dog("Fido", 5.15f);
+
+        assertThat(fido).isNotEqualTo(fidosClone);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenComparingFields_thenEqual() throws Exception {
+        Dog fido = new Dog("Fido", 5.15f);
+        Dog fidosClone = new Dog("Fido", 5.15f);
+
+        assertThat(fido).isEqualToComparingFieldByFieldRecursively(fidosClone);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCheckingForElement_thenContains() throws Exception {
+        List<String> list = Arrays.asList("1", "2", "3");
+
+        assertThat(list)
+                .contains("1");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCheckingForElement_thenMultipleAssertions() throws Exception {
+        List<String> list = Arrays.asList("1", "2", "3");
+
+        assertThat(list)
+                .isNotEmpty()
+                .contains("1")
+                .startsWith("1")
+                .doesNotContainNull()
+                .containsSequence("2", "3");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCheckingRunnable_thenIsInterface() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(Runnable.class).isInterface();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenAssigningNSEExToException_thenIsAssignable() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(Exception.class).isAssignableFrom(NoSuchElementException.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenComparingWithOffset_thenEquals() throws Exception {
+        assertThat(5.1).isEqualTo(5, withPrecision(1d));
+    }
+
+    @Ignore // IN ORDER TO TEST, REMOVE THIS LINE
+    @Test
+    public void whenRunningAssertion_thenDescribed() throws Exception {
+        Person person = new Person("Alex", 34);
+
+        assertThat(person.getAge())
+                .as("%s's age should be equal to 100")
+                .isEqualTo(100);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 19c602091d..505b72e1ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
     <modules>
         <module>apache-fop</module>
+        <module>assertj-introduction</module>
+
         <module>core-java</module>
         <module>core-java-8</module>
         <module>gson</module>