diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea/modules.xml
+.idea/jarRepositories.xml
+.idea/compiler.xml
+.idea/libraries/
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### Eclipse ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
+
+### Mac OS ###
+.DS_Store
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diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
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+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
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+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
+# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
+/httpRequests/
+# Datasource local storage ignored files
+/dataSources/
+/dataSources.local.xml
diff --git a/.idea/encodings.xml b/.idea/encodings.xml
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+++ b/.idea/encodings.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="Encoding">
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java" charset="UTF-8" />
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
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+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
+  <component name="MavenProjectsManager">
+    <option name="originalFiles">
+      <list>
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/pom.xml" />
+      </list>
+    </option>
+  </component>
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_22" default="true" project-jdk-name="22" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+    <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
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+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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+++ b/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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>org.example</groupId>
+    <artifactId>H-ch-T-Books</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>22</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>22</maven.compiler.target>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+            <version>2.1.214</version> <!-- Adjust the version if necessary -->
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/h2demo/H2DatabaseDemo.java b/src/main/java/com/example/h2demo/H2DatabaseDemo.java
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+++ b/src/main/java/com/example/h2demo/H2DatabaseDemo.java
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+package com.example.h2demo;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.Statement;
+
+public class H2DatabaseDemo {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Connection connection = null;
+        Statement statement = null;
+
+        try {
+            // Load H2 driver
+            Class.forName("org.h2.Driver");
+
+            // Establish a connection
+            connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:h2:~/testdb", "sa", "");
+
+            // Start the H2 Web Console
+            org.h2.tools.Server.startWebServer(connection);
+
+            // Create a statement
+            statement = connection.createStatement();
+
+            // Drop the table if it already exists
+            String dropTableSQL = "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS books";
+            statement.execute(dropTableSQL);
+
+
+            // Create a table in the H2 database
+            String createTableSQL = "CREATE TABLE books (" +
+                    "id INT PRIMARY KEY, " +
+                    "title VARCHAR(255), " +
+                    "author VARCHAR(255), " +
+                    "publisherYear VARCHAR(4), " +
+                    "genre VARCHAR(255), " +
+                    "description TEXT)";
+            statement.execute(createTableSQL);
+
+            // Insert data into the table
+            String insertDataSQL = "INSERT INTO books (id, title, author, publisherYear, genre, description) VALUES " +
+                    "(1, 'Becoming', 'Michelle Obama', '2018', 'Memoir, Non-fiction', 'Inspiring memoir of Michelle Obama''s life journey')," +
+                    "(2, 'The Catcher in the Rye', 'J.D. Salinger', '1951', 'Fiction, Coming-of-Age', 'A story about teenage rebellion and alienation');";
+            statement.execute(insertDataSQL);
+
+            // Query the table and print out the data
+            String selectSQL = "SELECT * FROM books";
+            ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery(selectSQL);
+
+            while (resultSet.next()) {
+                System.out.println("ID: " + resultSet.getInt("id"));
+                System.out.println("Title: " + resultSet.getString("title"));
+                System.out.println("Author: " + resultSet.getString("author"));
+                System.out.println("Year: " + resultSet.getString("publisherYear"));
+                System.out.println("Genre: " + resultSet.getString("genre"));
+                System.out.println("Description: " + resultSet.getString("description"));
+                System.out.println("---------------------------");
+            }
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                if (statement != null) statement.close();
+                if (connection != null) connection.close();
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/h2demo/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/example/h2demo/Main.java
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+package com.example.h2demo;
+
+public class Main {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("Hello world!");
+    }
+}
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