diff --git a/core-java-8/.classpath b/core-java-8/.classpath
index 0720e4851b..5efa587d72 100644
--- a/core-java-8/.classpath
+++ b/core-java-8/.classpath
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
 		</attributes>
diff --git a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index 723e5b1245..c57289fc09 100644
--- a/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/core-java-8/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.annotation.nonnullbydefault=org.eclipse.jdt.annota
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.annotation.nullable=org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.annotation.nullanalysis=disabled
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.methodParameters=do not generate
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.lineNumber=generate
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.localVariable=generate
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.sourceFile=generate
@@ -92,4 +93,4 @@ org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.unusedParameterWhenOverridingConcrete=disa
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.unusedPrivateMember=warning
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.unusedWarningToken=warning
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.varargsArgumentNeedCast=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/core-java-8/src/main/java/.gitignore b/core-java-8/src/main/java/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83c05e60c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-8/src/main/java/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+*.class
+
+#folders#
+/target
+/neoDb*
+/data
+/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
+*/META-INF/*
+
+# Packaged files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core-java-8/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/CoreJava8UnitTest.java b/core-java-8/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/CoreJava8UnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e7c00b4eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-8/src/test/java/org/baeldung/java/CoreJava8UnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package org.baeldung.java;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class CoreJava8UnitTest {
+
+	// tests -
+
+	@Test
+	public final void when_thenCorrect() {
+		final Runnable r2 = () -> System.out.println("Hello world two!");
+		r2.run();
+	}
+
+}