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@@ -37,8 +37,14 @@ Running a Spring Boot module
 To run a Spring Boot module run the command: `mvn spring-boot:run` in the module directory
 
 
-###Running Tests
+Working with the IDE
+====================
+This repo contains a large number of modules. 
+When you're working with an individual module, there's no need to import all of them (or build all of them) - you can simply import that particular module in either Eclipse or IntelliJ. 
 
+
+Running Tests
+=============
 The command `mvn clean install` will run the unit tests in a module.
 To run the integration tests, use the command `mvn clean install -Pintegration-lite-first`