diff --git a/server_side/vertx-webservices/.gitignore b/server_side/vertx-webservices/.gitignore
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+# Created by .ignore support plugin (hsz.mobi)
+### JetBrains template
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio and Webstorm
+# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
+
+# CMake
+cmake-build-debug/
+
+# Mongo Explorer plugin:
+.idea/**/mongoSettings.xml
+
+## File-based project format:
+*.iws
+
+## Plugin-specific files:
+
+# IntelliJ
+out/
+
+# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
+.idea_modules/
+
+# JIRA plugin
+atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
+
+# Cursive Clojure plugin
+.idea/replstate.xml
+
+# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
+com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
+crashlytics.properties
+crashlytics-build.properties
+fabric.properties
+### Kotlin template
+
+# Log file
+*.log
+
+# BlueJ files
+*.ctxt
+
+# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
+.mtj.tmp/
+
+# Package Files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
+*.zip
+*.tar.gz
+*.rar
+
+# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
+hs_err_pid*
+### Gradle template
+.gradle
+/build/
+
+# Ignore Gradle GUI config
+gradle-app.setting
+
+# Avoid ignoring Gradle wrapper jar file (.jar files are usually ignored)
+!gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Cache of project
+.gradletasknamecache
+
+# # Work around https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-116898
+# gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+
+
+# Additional files/directories to unignore.
+!gradle/
+
+# Additional files/directories to ignore.
+.idea/
+.vertx/
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diff --git a/server_side/vertx-webservices/build.gradle.kts b/server_side/vertx-webservices/build.gradle.kts
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+++ b/server_side/vertx-webservices/build.gradle.kts
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+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
+
+val KOTLIN_VER = "1.1.4-3"
+val VERTX_VER = "3.4.2"
+val MAIN_VERTICLE = "org.example.vertxwebservices.Server"
+val MAIN_CLASS = "io.vertx.core.Launcher"
+val WATCH_FOR_CHANGE = "src/**/*.kt"
+val WATCHER_ACTION = "./gradlew classes"
+
+group = "org.example"
+version = "0.1-SNAPSHOT"
+
+plugins {
+    kotlin(module = "jvm", version = "1.1.4-3")
+    application
+}
+
+application { mainClassName = MAIN_CLASS }
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+    jcenter()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre8:$KOTLIN_VER")
+    compile("io.vertx:vertx-core:$VERTX_VER")
+    compile("io.vertx:vertx-lang-kotlin:$VERTX_VER")
+    compile("io.vertx:vertx-web:$VERTX_VER")
+}
+
+val run: JavaExec by tasks
+val compileKotlin: KotlinCompile by tasks
+
+run.args(
+    "run",
+    MAIN_VERTICLE,
+    "--redeploy=$WATCH_FOR_CHANGE",
+    "--launcher-class=$MAIN_CLASS",
+    "--on-redeploy=$WATCHER_ACTION"
+)
+
+with(compileKotlin) {
+    kotlinOptions.jvmTarget = "1.8"
+    doLast { println("Finished compiling.") }
+}
diff --git a/server_side/vertx-webservices/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/server_side/vertx-webservices/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
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index 0000000000..7a3265ee94
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diff --git a/server_side/vertx-webservices/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/server_side/vertx-webservices/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f16d26666b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server_side/vertx-webservices/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.1-bin.zip
diff --git a/server_side/vertx-webservices/gradlew b/server_side/vertx-webservices/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..cccdd3d517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server_side/vertx-webservices/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/server_side/vertx-webservices/gradlew.bat b/server_side/vertx-webservices/gradlew.bat
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index 0000000000..f9553162f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server_side/vertx-webservices/gradlew.bat
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+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/server_side/vertx-webservices/readme.md b/server_side/vertx-webservices/readme.md
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+++ b/server_side/vertx-webservices/readme.md
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+# Vert.x Webservices (vertx-webservices)
+
+Basic example of using Vert.x with Kotlin to setup a HTTP server, which provides webservices via REST. To run the example execute the following command in a terminal:
+    **./gradlew run**
diff --git a/server_side/vertx-webservices/src/main/kotlin/org/example/vertxwebservices/ContentType.kt b/server_side/vertx-webservices/src/main/kotlin/org/example/vertxwebservices/ContentType.kt
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+++ b/server_side/vertx-webservices/src/main/kotlin/org/example/vertxwebservices/ContentType.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package org.example.vertxwebservices
+
+enum class ContentType(val txt: String) {
+    HTML("text/html"),
+    JSON("application/json")
+}
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diff --git a/server_side/vertx-webservices/src/main/kotlin/org/example/vertxwebservices/Server.kt b/server_side/vertx-webservices/src/main/kotlin/org/example/vertxwebservices/Server.kt
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index 0000000000..72ee206e1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server_side/vertx-webservices/src/main/kotlin/org/example/vertxwebservices/Server.kt
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+package org.example.vertxwebservices
+
+import io.vertx.core.AbstractVerticle
+import io.vertx.core.Handler
+import io.vertx.kotlin.core.http.HttpServerOptions
+import io.vertx.ext.web.Router
+import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext
+import io.vertx.kotlin.core.json.Json
+import io.vertx.kotlin.core.json.obj
+
+/**
+ * Bootstraps the program.
+ */
+@Suppress("unused")
+class Server : AbstractVerticle() {
+    override fun start() {
+        val router = Router.router(vertx)
+        val serverOptions = HttpServerOptions(port = 9000, host = "localhost", ssl = false)
+
+        println("Starting HTTP server...")
+        setupRoutes(router)
+        vertx.createHttpServer(serverOptions).requestHandler { router.accept(it) }.listen()
+        println("Server Access: http://${serverOptions.host}:${serverOptions.port}")
+    }
+
+    private fun greetingRoute() = Handler<RoutingContext> { ctx ->
+        val req = ctx.request()
+        val name = if ("name" in req.params()) req.getParam("name") else "World"
+        val data = Json.obj(mapOf("greeting" to "Hello $name! :)"))
+
+        with(ctx.response()) {
+            statusCode = StatusCode.OK.num
+            putHeader("content-type", ContentType.JSON.txt)
+            end("${data.encode()}\n")
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun setupRoutes(router: Router) {
+        router.route("/greeting").handler(greetingRoute())
+        router.route("/greeting/:name").handler(greetingRoute())
+    }
+
+    override fun stop() {
+        println("Stopping HTTP server...")
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/server_side/vertx-webservices/src/main/kotlin/org/example/vertxwebservices/StatusCode.kt b/server_side/vertx-webservices/src/main/kotlin/org/example/vertxwebservices/StatusCode.kt
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index 0000000000..f5eb60b6e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server_side/vertx-webservices/src/main/kotlin/org/example/vertxwebservices/StatusCode.kt
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+package org.example.vertxwebservices
+
+enum class StatusCode(val num: Int) {
+    OK(200),
+    CLIENT_ERROR(400),
+    NOT_FOUND(404),
+    SERVER_ERROR(500)
+}
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