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+# Getting Started
+
+### Reference Documentation
+For further reference, please consider the following sections:
+
+* [Official Gradle documentation](https://docs.gradle.org)
+* [Spring Boot Gradle Plugin Reference Guide](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.2/gradle-plugin/reference/html/)
+* [Create an OCI image](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.2/gradle-plugin/reference/html/#build-image)
+* [Flyway Migration](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.2/reference/htmlsingle/#howto.data-initialization.migration-tool.flyway)
+* [Prometheus](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.7.2/reference/htmlsingle/#actuator.metrics.export.prometheus)
+
+### Guides
+The following guides illustrate how to use some features concretely:
+
+* [Accessing data with MySQL](https://spring.io/guides/gs/accessing-data-mysql/)
+
+### Additional Links
+These additional references should also help you:
+
+* [Gradle Build Scans – insights for your project's build](https://scans.gradle.com#gradle)
+
+
+
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 }
 
 dependencies {
-    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.8.1'
-    testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.1'
+    implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter'
+    implementation 'org.flywaydb:flyway-core'
+    implementation 'org.flywaydb:flyway-mysql'
+    runtimeOnly 'io.micrometer:micrometer-registry-prometheus'
+    runtimeOnly 'mysql:mysql-connector-java'
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.8.2'
+    testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.8.2'
 }
 
 test {