diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b3745cc..39bb1ca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 .idea/compiler.xml
 .idea/encodings.xml
 .idea/vcs.xml
-.vscode
 **/*.iml
 target
 *.iml
diff --git a/.theia/launch.json b/.theia/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33ec8fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.theia/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "type": "java",
+            "name": "Debug (Attach) - Backend",
+            "request": "attach",
+            "hostName": "localhost",
+            "port": 5006
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "java",
+            "name": "Debug (Attach) - Frontend",
+            "request": "attach",
+            "hostName": "localhost",
+            "port": 5005
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e372dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=827846
+    // for the documentation about the extensions.json format
+    "recommendations": [
+        "redhat.java"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/devfile.yaml b/devfile.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f114ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devfile.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+schemaVersion: 2.1.0
+metadata:
+  name: java-guestbook
+components:
+  - name: tools
+    container:
+      image: quay.io/devfile/universal-developer-image:ubi8-d433ed6
+      memoryLimit: 3Gi
+
+      endpoints:
+        - name: java-guestbook-backend
+          exposure: public
+          protocol: http
+          targetPort: 8080
+
+        - name: java-guestbook
+          exposure: public
+          protocol: tcp
+          targetPort: 8443
+
+        - name: debug
+          exposure: none
+          protocol: tcp
+          targetPort: 5005
+
+      volumeMounts:
+        - name: m2
+          path: /home/user/.m2
+
+  - name: mongo
+    container:
+      image: quay.io/eclipse/che--centos--mongodb-36-centos7:latest-ffdf2431bbc6d9a9d2a03e95bbbe8adb49ab9eac301f268a35038c84288259c1
+      memoryLimit: 300Mi
+      env:
+      - name: MONGODB_USER
+        value: user
+
+      - name: MONGODB_PASSWORD
+        value: password
+
+      - name: MONGODB_DATABASE
+        value: guestbook
+        
+      - name: MONGODB_ADMIN_PASSWORD
+        value: password
+
+      endpoints:
+        - name: java-guestbook-mongodb
+          exposure: none
+          protocol: tcp
+          targetPort: 27017
+      
+      volumeMounts:
+        - name: mongodbdata
+          path: /var/lib/mongodb/data
+
+  - name: m2
+    volume:
+      size: 1G
+
+  - name: mongodbdata
+    volume:
+      size: 1G
+
+commands:
+  - id: maven-build-backend
+    exec:
+      label: "build backend"
+      component: tools
+      workingDir: "${PROJECTS_ROOT}/java-guestbook/backend"
+      commandLine: "mvn clean install"
+      group:
+        kind: build
+        isDefault: true
+
+  - id: maven-build-frontend
+    exec:
+      label: "build frontend"
+      component: tools
+      workingDir: "${PROJECTS_ROOT}/java-guestbook/frontend"
+      commandLine: "mvn clean install"
+      group:
+        kind: build
+        isDefault: true
+
+  - id: run-backend
+    exec:
+      label: "run backend"
+      component: tools
+      workingDir: "${PROJECTS_ROOT}/java-guestbook/backend"
+      commandLine: |
+        java -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5006,quiet=y \
+        -jar target/backend-1.0.jar
+      group:
+        kind: run
+        isDefault: true
+
+  - id: run-frontend
+    exec:
+      label: "run frontend"
+      component: tools
+      workingDir: "${PROJECTS_ROOT}/java-guestbook/frontend"
+      commandLine: |
+        java -agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=5005,quiet=y \
+        -jar target/frontend-1.0.jar
+      group:
+        kind: run
+        isDefault: true