diff --git a/javaslang/pom.xml b/javaslang/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fecbeeea4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaslang/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+	<artifactId>Javaslang</artifactId>
+	<version>1.0</version>
+	<name>Javaslang</name>
+   <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.3</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.12</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+<dependency>
+    <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+    <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+    <version>1.3</version>
+</dependency>
+<dependency>
+    <groupId>io.javaslang</groupId>
+    <artifactId>javaslang</artifactId>
+    <version>2.1.0-alpha</version>
+</dependency>
+
+
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/javaslang/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaslang/Person.java b/javaslang/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaslang/Person.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38a6603f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaslang/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaslang/Person.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.baeldung.javaslang;
+
+public class Person {
+    private String name;
+    private int age;
+
+    public Person(String name, int age) {
+        super();
+        this.name = name;
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    public Person() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public int getAge() {
+        return age;
+    }
+
+    public void setAge(int age) {
+        this.age = age;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "Person [name=" + name + ", age=" + age + "]";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/javaslang/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaslang/PersonValidator.java b/javaslang/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaslang/PersonValidator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb30d6072c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaslang/src/main/java/com/baeldung/javaslang/PersonValidator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.javaslang;
+
+import javaslang.collection.List;
+import javaslang.control.Validation;
+
+class PersonValidator {
+    String NAME_ERR = "Invalid characters in name: ";
+    String AGE_ERR = "Age must be at least 0";
+
+    public Validation<List<String>, Person> validatePerson(String name, int age) {
+        return Validation.combine(validateName(name), validateAge(age)).ap(Person::new);
+    }
+
+    private Validation<String, String> validateName(String name) {
+        String invalidChars = name.replaceAll("[a-zA-Z ]", "");
+        return invalidChars.isEmpty() ? Validation.valid(name) : Validation.invalid(NAME_ERR + invalidChars);
+    }
+
+    private Validation<String, Integer> validateAge(int age) {
+        return age < 0 ? Validation.invalid(AGE_ERR) : Validation.valid(age);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/javaslang/src/test/java/com/baeldung/javaslang/JavaSlangTest.java b/javaslang/src/test/java/com/baeldung/javaslang/JavaSlangTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecba894723
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaslang/src/test/java/com/baeldung/javaslang/JavaSlangTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,338 @@
+package com.baeldung.javaslang;
+
+import static javaslang.API.$;
+import static javaslang.API.Case;
+import static javaslang.API.Match;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import javaslang.Function0;
+import javaslang.Function1;
+import javaslang.Function2;
+import javaslang.Function5;
+import javaslang.Lazy;
+import javaslang.Tuple;
+import javaslang.Tuple2;
+import javaslang.Tuple3;
+import javaslang.collection.List;
+import javaslang.control.Option;
+import javaslang.control.Try;
+import javaslang.control.Validation;
+
+public class JavaSlangTest {
+    @Test
+    public void givenList_whenSorts_thenCorrect() {
+        List<Integer> sortedList = List.of(3, 2, 1).sorted();
+    }
+
+    /*
+     *  Tuples
+     */
+    // creating and element access
+    @Test
+    public void whenCreatesTuple_thenCorrect1() {
+        Tuple2<String, Integer> java8 = Tuple.of("Java", 8);
+        String element1 = java8._1;
+        int element2 = java8._2();
+
+        assertEquals("Java", element1);
+        assertEquals(8, element2);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCreatesTuple_thenCorrect2() {
+        Tuple3<String, Integer, Double> java8 = Tuple.of("Java", 8, 1.8);
+        String element1 = java8._1;
+        int element2 = java8._2();
+        double element3 = java8._3();
+
+        assertEquals("Java", element1);
+        assertEquals(8, element2);
+        assertEquals(1.8, element3, 0.1);
+    }
+
+    // mapping--component-wise(using Function interface)
+    @Test
+    public void givenTuple_whenMapsComponentWise_thenCorrect() {
+        Tuple2<String, Integer> java8 = Tuple.of("Java", 8);
+        Tuple2<String, Integer> mapOfJava8 = java8.map(s -> s + "slang", i -> i / 2);
+        int num = mapOfJava8._2();
+        assertEquals("Javaslang", mapOfJava8._1);
+
+        assertEquals(4, num);
+
+    }
+
+    // mapping--with one mapper(using BiFunction interface)
+    @Test
+    public void givenTuple_whenMapsWithOneMapper_thenCorrect() {
+        Tuple2<String, Integer> java8 = Tuple.of("Java", 8);
+        Tuple2<String, Integer> mapOfJava8 = java8.map((s, i) -> Tuple.of(s + "slang", i / 2));
+        int num = mapOfJava8._2();
+        assertEquals("Javaslang", mapOfJava8._1);
+
+        assertEquals(4, num);
+    }
+
+    // transforming a tuple
+    @Test
+    public void givenTuple_whenTransforms_thenCorrect() {
+        Tuple2<String, Integer> java8 = Tuple.of("Java", 8);
+        String transformed = java8.apply((s, i) -> s + "slang " + i / 2);
+        assertEquals("Javaslang 4", transformed);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Functions
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void givenJava8Function_whenWorks_thenCorrect() {
+        Function<Integer, Integer> square = (num) -> num * num;
+        int result = square.apply(2);
+        assertEquals(4, result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenJava8BiFunction_whenWorks_thenCorrect() {
+        BiFunction<Integer, Integer, Integer> sum = (num1, num2) -> num1 + num2;
+        int result = sum.apply(5, 7);
+        assertEquals(12, result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenJavaslangFunction_whenWorks_thenCorrect() {
+        Function1<Integer, Integer> square = (num) -> num * num;
+        Integer result = square.apply(2);
+        assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(4), result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenJavaslangBiFunction_whenWorks_thenCorrect() {
+        Function2<Integer, Integer, Integer> sum = (num1, num2) -> num1 + num2;
+        Integer result = sum.apply(5, 7);
+        assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(12), result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCreatesFunction_thenCorrect0() {
+        Function0<String> getClazzName = () -> this.getClass().getName();
+        String clazzName = getClazzName.apply();
+        assertEquals("com.baeldung.javaslang.JavaSlangTest", clazzName);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCreatesFunction_thenCorrect2() {
+        Function2<Integer, Integer, Integer> sum = (a, b) -> a + b;
+        int summed = sum.apply(5, 6);
+        assertEquals(11, summed);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCreatesFunction_thenCorrect5() {
+        Function5<String, String, String, String, String, String> concat = (a, b, c, d, e) -> a + b + c + d + e;
+        String finalString = concat.apply("Hello ", "world", "! ", "Learn ", "Javaslang");
+        assertEquals("Hello world! Learn Javaslang", finalString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCreatesFunctionFromMethodRef_thenCorrect() {
+        Function2<Integer, Integer, Integer> sum = Function2.of(this::sum);
+        int summed = sum.apply(5, 6);
+        assertEquals(11, summed);
+    }
+
+    public int sum(int a, int b) {
+        return a + b;
+    }
+
+
+    /*
+     * Values
+     */
+    // option
+    @Test
+    public void givenValue_whenNullCheckNeeded_thenCorrect() {
+        Object possibleNullObj = null;
+        if (possibleNullObj == null)
+            possibleNullObj = "someDefaultValue";
+        assertNotNull(possibleNullObj);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = NullPointerException.class)
+    public void givenValue_whenNullCheckNeeded_thenCorrect2() {
+        Object possibleNullObj = null;
+        assertEquals("somevalue", possibleNullObj.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenValue_whenCreatesOption_thenCorrect() {
+        Option<Object> noneOption = Option.of(null);
+        Option<Object> someOption = Option.of("val");
+        assertEquals("None", noneOption.toString());
+        assertEquals("Some(val)", someOption.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenNull_whenCreatesOption_thenCorrect() {
+        String name = null;
+        Option<String> nameOption = Option.of(name);
+        assertEquals("baeldung", nameOption.getOrElse("baeldung"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenNonNull_whenCreatesOption_thenCorrect() {
+        String name = "baeldung";
+        Option<String> nameOption = Option.of(name);
+        assertEquals("baeldung", nameOption.getOrElse("notbaeldung"));
+    }
+
+    // try
+    @Test(expected = ArithmeticException.class)
+    public void givenBadCode_whenThrowsException_thenCorrect() {
+        int i = 1 / 0;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenBadCode_whenTryHandles_thenCorrect() {
+        Try<Integer> result = Try.of(() -> 1 / 0);
+        assertTrue(result.isFailure());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenBadCode_whenTryHandles_thenCorrect2() {
+        Try<Integer> result = Try.of(() -> 1 / 0);
+        int errorSentinel = result.getOrElse(-1);
+        assertEquals(-1, errorSentinel);
+    }
+
+//    @Test(expected = ArithmeticException.class)
+//    public void givenBadCode_whenTryHandles_thenCorrect3() {
+//        Try<Integer> result = Try.of(() -> 1 / 0);
+//        result.getOrElseThrow(ArithmeticException::new);
+//    }
+
+    // lazy
+    @Test
+    public void givenFunction_whenEvaluatesWithLazy_thenCorrect() {
+        Lazy<Double> lazy = Lazy.of(Math::random);
+        assertFalse(lazy.isEvaluated());
+
+        double val1 = lazy.get();
+        assertTrue(lazy.isEvaluated());
+
+        double val2 = lazy.get();
+        assertEquals(val1, val2, 0.1);
+    }
+
+    // validation
+    @Test
+    public void whenValidationWorks_thenCorrect() {
+        PersonValidator personValidator = new PersonValidator();
+        Validation<List<String>, Person> valid = personValidator.validatePerson("John Doe", 30);
+        Validation<List<String>, Person> invalid = personValidator.validatePerson("John? Doe!4", -1);
+
+        assertEquals("Valid(Person [name=John Doe, age=30])", valid.toString());
+        assertEquals("Invalid(List(Invalid characters in name: ?!4, Age must be at least 0))", invalid.toString());
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * collections
+     */
+    // list
+    @Test(expected = UnsupportedOperationException.class)
+    public void whenImmutableCollectionThrows_thenCorrect() {
+        java.util.List<String> wordList = Arrays.asList("abracadabra");
+        java.util.List<String> list = Collections.unmodifiableList(wordList);
+        list.add("boom");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSumsJava8List_thenCorrect() {
+        // Arrays.asList(1, 2, 3).stream().reduce((i, j) -> i + j);
+        int sum = IntStream.of(1, 2, 3).sum();
+        assertEquals(6, sum);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCreatesJavaslangList_thenCorrect() {
+        List<Integer> intList = List.of(1, 2, 3);
+        assertEquals(3, intList.length());
+        assertEquals(new Integer(1), intList.get(0));
+        assertEquals(new Integer(2), intList.get(1));
+        assertEquals(new Integer(3), intList.get(2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSumsJavaslangList_thenCorrect() {
+        int sum = List.of(1, 2, 3).sum().intValue();
+        assertEquals(6, sum);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * pattern matching
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void whenIfWorksAsMatcher_thenCorrect() {
+        int input = 3;
+        String output;
+        if (input == 0) {
+            output = "zero";
+        }
+        if (input == 1) {
+            output = "one";
+        }
+        if (input == 2) {
+            output = "two";
+        }
+        if (input == 3) {
+            output = "three";
+        } else {
+            output = "unknown";
+        }
+        assertEquals("three", output);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSwitchWorksAsMatcher_thenCorrect() {
+        int input = 2;
+        String output;
+        switch (input) {
+        case 0:
+            output = "zero";
+            break;
+        case 1:
+            output = "one";
+            break;
+        case 2:
+            output = "two";
+            break;
+        case 3:
+            output = "three";
+            break;
+        default:
+            output = "unknown";
+            break;
+        }
+        assertEquals("two", output);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenMatchworks_thenCorrect() {
+        int input = 2;
+        String output = Match(input).of(Case($(1), "one"), Case($(2), "two"), Case($(3), "three"), Case($(), "?"));
+        assertEquals("two", output);
+    }
+
+
+
+}
diff --git a/javaslang/src/test/java/com/baeldung/javaslang/PatternMatchingTest.java b/javaslang/src/test/java/com/baeldung/javaslang/PatternMatchingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ae7683a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javaslang/src/test/java/com/baeldung/javaslang/PatternMatchingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package com.baeldung.javaslang;
+
+import static javaslang.API.$;
+import static javaslang.API.Case;
+import static javaslang.API.Match;
+import static javaslang.API.run;
+import static javaslang.Predicates.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import javaslang.MatchError;
+import javaslang.control.Option;
+
+public class PatternMatchingTest {
+    @Test
+    public void whenMatchesDefault_thenCorrect() {
+        int input = 5;
+        String output = Match(input).of(Case($(1), "one"), Case($(2), "two"), Case($(3), "three"), Case($(), "unknown"));
+
+        assertEquals("unknown", output);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = MatchError.class)
+    public void givenNoMatchAndNoDefault_whenThrows_thenCorrect() {
+        int input = 5;
+        Match(input).of(Case($(1), "one"), Case($(2), "two"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenMatchWorksWithOption_thenCorrect() {
+        int i = 10;
+        Option<String> s = Match(i).option(Case($(0), "zero"));
+        assertTrue(s.isEmpty());
+        assertEquals("None", s.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenMatchWorksWithPredicate_thenCorrect() {
+        int i = 3;
+        String s = Match(i).of(Case(is(1), "one"), Case(is(2), "two"), Case(is(3), "three"), Case($(), "?"));
+        assertEquals("three", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInput_whenMatchesClass_thenCorrect() {
+        Object obj = 5;
+        String s = Match(obj).of(Case(instanceOf(String.class), "string matched"), Case($(), "not string"));
+        assertEquals("not string", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInput_whenMatchesNull_thenCorrect() {
+        Object obj = 5;
+        String s = Match(obj).of(Case(isNull(), "no value"), Case(isNotNull(), "value found"));
+        assertEquals("value found", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInput_whenContainsWorks_thenCorrect() {
+        int i = 5;
+        String s = Match(i).of(Case(isIn(2, 4, 6, 8), "Even Single Digit"), Case(isIn(1, 3, 5, 7, 9), "Odd Single Digit"), Case($(), "Out of range"));
+        assertEquals("Odd Single Digit", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInput_whenMatchAllWorks_thenCorrect() {
+        Integer i = null;
+        String s = Match(i).of(Case(allOf(isNotNull(), isIn(1, 2, 3, null)), "Number found"), Case($(), "Not found"));
+        assertEquals("Not found", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInput_whenMatchesAnyOfWorks_thenCorrect() {
+        Integer year = 1990;
+        String s = Match(year).of(Case(anyOf(isIn(1990, 1991, 1992), is(1986)), "Age match"), Case($(), "No age match"));
+        assertEquals("Age match", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInput_whenMatchesNoneOfWorks_thenCorrect() {
+        Integer year = 1990;
+        String s = Match(year).of(Case(noneOf(isIn(1990, 1991, 1992), is(1986)), "Age match"), Case($(), "No age match"));
+        assertEquals("No age match", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenMatchWorksWithPredicate_thenCorrect2() {
+        int i = 5;
+        String s = Match(i).of(Case(isIn(2, 4, 6, 8), "Even Single Digit"), Case(isIn(1, 3, 5, 7, 9), "Odd Single Digit"), Case($(), "Out of range"));
+        assertEquals("Odd Single Digit", s);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenMatchCreatesSideEffects_thenCorrect() {
+        int i = 4;
+        Match(i).of(Case(isIn(2, 4, 6, 8), o -> run(this::displayEven)), Case(isIn(1, 3, 5, 7, 9), o -> run(this::displayOdd)), Case($(), o -> run(() -> {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.valueOf(i));
+        })));
+    }
+
+
+
+    public void displayEven() {
+        System.out.println("Input is even");
+    }
+
+    public void displayOdd() {
+        System.out.println("Input is odd");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a61bd6ccd4..36b83290c3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
         <module>xml</module>
         <module>xmlunit2</module>
         <module>xstream</module>
+		<module>javaslang</module>
     </modules>
 
 </project>