diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/.gitattributes b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..097f9f98d9ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# https://help.github.com/articles/dealing-with-line-endings/
+#
+# Linux start script should use lf
+/gradlew        text eol=lf
+
+# These are Windows script files and should use crlf
+*.bat           text eol=crlf
+
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/.gitignore b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b6985c0094c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Ignore Gradle project-specific cache directory
+.gradle
+
+# Ignore Gradle build output directory
+build
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/build.gradle b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..07230e2e611b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'java-library'
+    id 'java-test-fixtures'
+    id 'application'
+    // Executes smithy-build process to generate client code
+    id 'software.amazon.smithy.gradle.smithy-base'
+}
+
+repositories {
+    mavenLocal()
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+def smithyJavaVersion = project.property('smithyJavaVersion')
+
+// === Code generators ===
+dependencies {
+    smithyBuild "software.amazon.smithy.java.codegen:plugins:${smithyJavaVersion}"
+
+    // === Client Dependencies ===
+    implementation "software.amazon.smithy.java:aws-client-restjson:${smithyJavaVersion}"
+
+    // === Server Dependencies ===
+    implementation "software.amazon.smithy.java:server-netty:${smithyJavaVersion}"
+    implementation "software.amazon.smithy.java:aws-server-restjson:${smithyJavaVersion}"
+
+    // === Test Fixtures ===
+    testFixturesApi("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.5.2")
+    testFixturesImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.5.2")
+}
+
+// Add generated client source code to the main sourceSet
+afterEvaluate {
+    def clientPath = smithy.getPluginProjectionPath(smithy.sourceProjection.get(), "java-client-codegen")
+    sourceSets.main.java.srcDir clientPath
+}
+
+// Add generated server source code to the main sourceSet
+afterEvaluate {
+    def serverPath = smithy.getPluginProjectionPath(smithy.sourceProjection.get(), "java-server-codegen")
+    sourceSets.main.java.srcDir serverPath
+}
+
+tasks.named('compileJava') {
+    dependsOn 'smithyBuild'
+}
+
+application {
+    mainClass = "com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.Main"
+}
+
+tasks.test {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradle.properties b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f9e28da3b0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+smithyGradleVersion=1.3.0
+smithyJavaVersion=0.0.1
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d64cd4917707
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1af9e0930b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
+networkTimeout=10000
+validateDistributionUrl=true
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradlew b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..1aa94a426907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+#
+# Copyright © 2015-2021 the original authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+##############################################################################
+#
+#   Gradle start up script for POSIX generated by Gradle.
+#
+#   Important for running:
+#
+#   (1) You need a POSIX-compliant shell to run this script. If your /bin/sh is
+#       noncompliant, but you have some other compliant shell such as ksh or
+#       bash, then to run this script, type that shell name before the whole
+#       command line, like:
+#
+#           ksh Gradle
+#
+#       Busybox and similar reduced shells will NOT work, because this script
+#       requires all of these POSIX shell features:
+#         * functions;
+#         * expansions «$var», «${var}», «${var:-default}», «${var+SET}»,
+#           «${var#prefix}», «${var%suffix}», and «$( cmd )»;
+#         * compound commands having a testable exit status, especially «case»;
+#         * various built-in commands including «command», «set», and «ulimit».
+#
+#   Important for patching:
+#
+#   (2) This script targets any POSIX shell, so it avoids extensions provided
+#       by Bash, Ksh, etc; in particular arrays are avoided.
+#
+#       The "traditional" practice of packing multiple parameters into a
+#       space-separated string is a well documented source of bugs and security
+#       problems, so this is (mostly) avoided, by progressively accumulating
+#       options in "$@", and eventually passing that to Java.
+#
+#       Where the inherited environment variables (DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS,
+#       and GRADLE_OPTS) rely on word-splitting, this is performed explicitly;
+#       see the in-line comments for details.
+#
+#       There are tweaks for specific operating systems such as AIX, CygWin,
+#       Darwin, MinGW, and NonStop.
+#
+#   (3) This script is generated from the Groovy template
+#       https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/HEAD/subprojects/plugins/src/main/resources/org/gradle/api/internal/plugins/unixStartScript.txt
+#       within the Gradle project.
+#
+#       You can find Gradle at https://github.com/gradle/gradle/.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+app_path=$0
+
+# Need this for daisy-chained symlinks.
+while
+    APP_HOME=${app_path%"${app_path##*/}"}  # leaves a trailing /; empty if no leading path
+    [ -h "$app_path" ]
+do
+    ls=$( ls -ld "$app_path" )
+    link=${ls#*' -> '}
+    case $link in             #(
+      /*)   app_path=$link ;; #(
+      *)    app_path=$APP_HOME$link ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# This is normally unused
+# shellcheck disable=SC2034
+APP_BASE_NAME=${0##*/}
+# Discard cd standard output in case $CDPATH is set (https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/25036)
+APP_HOME=$( cd "${APP_HOME:-./}" > /dev/null && pwd -P ) || exit
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD=maximum
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+} >&2
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+} >&2
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "$( uname )" in                #(
+  CYGWIN* )         cygwin=true  ;; #(
+  Darwin* )         darwin=true  ;; #(
+  MSYS* | MINGW* )  msys=true    ;; #(
+  NONSTOP* )        nonstop=true ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java
+    else
+        JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD=java
+    if ! command -v java >/dev/null 2>&1
+    then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if ! "$cygwin" && ! "$darwin" && ! "$nonstop" ; then
+    case $MAX_FD in #(
+      max*)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -H is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
+        MAX_FD=$( ulimit -H -n ) ||
+            warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit"
+    esac
+    case $MAX_FD in  #(
+      '' | soft) :;; #(
+      *)
+        # In POSIX sh, ulimit -n is undefined. That's why the result is checked to see if it worked.
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2039,SC3045
+        ulimit -n "$MAX_FD" ||
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit to $MAX_FD"
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, stacking in reverse order:
+#   * args from the command line
+#   * the main class name
+#   * -classpath
+#   * -D...appname settings
+#   * --module-path (only if needed)
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and GRADLE_OPTS environment variables.
+
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if "$cygwin" || "$msys" ; then
+    APP_HOME=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME" )
+    CLASSPATH=$( cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH" )
+
+    JAVACMD=$( cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD" )
+
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    for arg do
+        if
+            case $arg in                                #(
+              -*)   false ;;                            # don't mess with options #(
+              /?*)  t=${arg#/} t=/${t%%/*}              # looks like a POSIX filepath
+                    [ -e "$t" ] ;;                      #(
+              *)    false ;;
+            esac
+        then
+            arg=$( cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg" )
+        fi
+        # Roll the args list around exactly as many times as the number of
+        # args, so each arg winds up back in the position where it started, but
+        # possibly modified.
+        #
+        # NB: a `for` loop captures its iteration list before it begins, so
+        # changing the positional parameters here affects neither the number of
+        # iterations, nor the values presented in `arg`.
+        shift                   # remove old arg
+        set -- "$@" "$arg"      # push replacement arg
+    done
+fi
+
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command:
+#   * DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, JAVA_OPTS, and optsEnvironmentVar are not allowed to contain shell fragments,
+#     and any embedded shellness will be escaped.
+#   * For example: A user cannot expect ${Hostname} to be expanded, as it is an environment variable and will be
+#     treated as '${Hostname}' itself on the command line.
+
+set -- \
+        "-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME" \
+        -classpath "$CLASSPATH" \
+        org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain \
+        "$@"
+
+# Stop when "xargs" is not available.
+if ! command -v xargs >/dev/null 2>&1
+then
+    die "xargs is not available"
+fi
+
+# Use "xargs" to parse quoted args.
+#
+# With -n1 it outputs one arg per line, with the quotes and backslashes removed.
+#
+# In Bash we could simply go:
+#
+#   readarray ARGS < <( xargs -n1 <<<"$var" ) &&
+#   set -- "${ARGS[@]}" "$@"
+#
+# but POSIX shell has neither arrays nor command substitution, so instead we
+# post-process each arg (as a line of input to sed) to backslash-escape any
+# character that might be a shell metacharacter, then use eval to reverse
+# that process (while maintaining the separation between arguments), and wrap
+# the whole thing up as a single "set" statement.
+#
+# This will of course break if any of these variables contains a newline or
+# an unmatched quote.
+#
+
+eval "set -- $(
+        printf '%s\n' "$DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS" |
+        xargs -n1 |
+        sed ' s~[^-[:alnum:]+,./:=@_]~\\&~g; ' |
+        tr '\n' ' '
+    )" '"$@"'
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradlew.bat b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..93e3f59f135d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
+@if "%DEBUG%"=="" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%"=="" set DIRNAME=.
+@rem This is normally unused
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+set EXIT_CODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
+if %EXIT_CODE% equ 0 set EXIT_CODE=1
+if not ""=="%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit %EXIT_CODE%
+exit /b %EXIT_CODE%
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/settings.gradle b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b1973a2715ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+pluginManagement {
+    plugins {
+        id 'software.amazon.smithy.gradle.smithy-jar' version settings.ext.smithyGradleVersion
+        id 'software.amazon.smithy.gradle.smithy-base' version settings.ext.smithyGradleVersion
+    }
+
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        mavenCentral()
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+}
+
+rootProject.name = 'baeldung-smithy-codegen'
+
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/smithy-build.json b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/smithy-build.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..35240b5b6784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/smithy-build.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "version": "1.0",
+  "sources": [
+      "./smithy/"
+  ],
+  "plugins": {
+    "java-client-codegen": {
+      "service": "com.baeldung.smithy.books#BookManagementService",
+      "namespace": "com.baeldung.smithy.books.client",
+      "protocol": "aws.protocols#restJson1"
+    },
+    "java-server-codegen": {
+      "service": "com.baeldung.smithy.books#BookManagementService",
+      "namespace": "com.baeldung.smithy.books.server"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/smithy/book-api.smithy b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/smithy/book-api.smithy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bcd72bd3ee2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/smithy/book-api.smithy
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+$version: "2"
+
+namespace com.baeldung.smithy.books
+
+// use aws.protocols#restJson1
+/// A simple book management service
+@aws.protocols#restJson1
+service BookManagementService {
+    version: "1.0"
+    resources: [
+        Book
+    ]
+}
+
+/// Represents a book in the bookstore
+resource Book {
+    identifiers: {
+        bookId: BookId
+    }
+    properties: {
+        title: String
+        author: String
+        isbn: String
+        publishedYear: Integer
+    }
+    create: CreateBook
+    read: GetBook
+    list: ListBooks
+    operations: [
+        RecommendBook
+    ]
+}
+
+/// Unique identifier for a book
+@pattern("^[a-zA-Z0-9-_]+$")
+string BookId
+
+/// Recommend a book
+@readonly
+@http(method: "GET", uri: "/recommend/{bookId}")
+operation RecommendBook {
+    input: RecommendBookInput
+    output: RecommendBookOutput
+}
+
+/// Creates a new book
+@http(method: "POST", uri: "/books")
+operation CreateBook {
+    input: CreateBookInput
+    output: CreateBookOutput
+    errors: [
+        ValidationException
+    ]
+}
+
+/// Retrieves a specific book by ID
+@readonly
+@http(method: "GET", uri: "/books/{bookId}")
+operation GetBook {
+    input: GetBookInput
+    output: GetBookOutput
+    errors: [
+        BookNotFoundException
+    ]
+}
+
+/// Lists all books with optional pagination
+@readonly
+@http(method: "GET", uri: "/books")
+operation ListBooks {
+    input: ListBooksInput
+    output: ListBooksOutput
+}
+
+/// Input structure for creating a book
+structure CreateBookInput {
+    @required
+    title: String
+
+    @required
+    author: String
+
+    @required
+    isbn: String
+
+    publishedYear: Integer
+}
+
+/// Output structure for book creation
+structure CreateBookOutput {
+    @required
+    bookId: BookId
+
+    @required
+    title: String
+
+    @required
+    author: String
+
+    @required
+    isbn: String
+
+    publishedYear: Integer
+}
+
+/// Input structure for getting a book
+structure GetBookInput {
+    @required
+    @httpLabel
+    bookId: BookId
+}
+
+/// Output structure for getting a book
+structure GetBookOutput {
+    @required
+    bookId: BookId
+
+    @required
+    title: String
+
+    @required
+    author: String
+
+    @required
+    isbn: String
+
+    publishedYear: Integer
+}
+
+/// Input structure for recommending a book
+structure RecommendBookInput {
+    @required
+    @httpLabel
+    bookId: BookId
+}
+
+/// Output structure for recommending a book
+structure RecommendBookOutput {
+    @required
+    bookId: BookId
+
+    @required
+    title: String
+
+    @required
+    author: String
+}
+
+/// Input structure for listing books
+structure ListBooksInput {
+    @httpQuery("maxResults")
+    maxResults: Integer
+
+    @httpQuery("nextToken")
+    nextToken: String
+}
+
+/// Output structure for listing books
+structure ListBooksOutput {
+    @required
+    books: BookList
+
+    nextToken: String
+}
+
+/// List of books
+list BookList {
+    member: BookSummary
+}
+
+/// Summary information about a book
+structure BookSummary {
+    @required
+    bookId: BookId
+
+    @required
+    title: String
+
+    @required
+    author: String
+
+    @required
+    isbn: String
+
+    publishedYear: Integer
+}
+
+/// Exception thrown when a book is not found
+@error("client")
+@httpError(404)
+structure BookNotFoundException {
+    @required
+    message: String
+}
+
+/// Exception thrown when input validation fails
+@error("client")
+@httpError(400)
+structure ValidationException {
+    @required
+    message: String
+}
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/CreateBookOperationImpl.java b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/CreateBookOperationImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13d397f9fc00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/CreateBookOperationImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.smithy.books.server;
+
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.model.CreateBookInput;
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.model.CreateBookOutput;
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.service.CreateBookOperation;
+
+import software.amazon.smithy.java.server.RequestContext;
+
+public class CreateBookOperationImpl implements CreateBookOperation {
+    @Override
+    public CreateBookOutput createBook(CreateBookInput input, RequestContext context) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/GetBookOperationImpl.java b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/GetBookOperationImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3134599d5177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/GetBookOperationImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.baeldung.smithy.books.server;
+
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.model.GetBookInput;
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.model.GetBookOutput;
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.service.GetBookOperation;
+
+import software.amazon.smithy.java.server.RequestContext;
+
+class GetBookOperationImpl implements GetBookOperation {
+    public GetBookOutput getBook(GetBookInput input, RequestContext context) {
+        return GetBookOutput.builder()
+            .bookId(input.bookId())
+            .title("Head First Java, 3rd Edition: A Brain-Friendly Guide")
+            .author("Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates, Trisha Gee")
+            .isbn("9781491910771")
+            .publishedYear(2022)
+            .build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/ListBooksOperationImpl.java b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/ListBooksOperationImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..318d67b7c7d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/ListBooksOperationImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.smithy.books.server;
+
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.model.ListBooksInput;
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.model.ListBooksOutput;
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.service.ListBooksOperation;
+
+import software.amazon.smithy.java.server.RequestContext;
+
+public class ListBooksOperationImpl implements ListBooksOperation {
+    @Override
+    public ListBooksOutput listBooks(ListBooksInput input, RequestContext context) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/Main.java b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/Main.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f410999baaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.baeldung.smithy.books.server;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.service.BookManagementService;
+
+import software.amazon.smithy.java.server.Server;
+
+public class Main {
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        Server server = Server.builder()
+            .endpoints(URI.create("http://localhost:8888"))
+            .addService(BookManagementService.builder()
+                .addCreateBookOperation(new CreateBookOperationImpl())
+                .addGetBookOperation(new GetBookOperationImpl())
+                .addListBooksOperation(new ListBooksOperationImpl())
+                .addRecommendBookOperation(new RecommendBookOperationImpl())
+                .build())
+            .build();
+        System.out.println("Starting server...");
+
+        server.start();
+
+        try {
+            Thread.currentThread()
+                .join();
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            System.out.println("Stopping server...");
+            try {
+                server.shutdown()
+                    .get();
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/RecommendBookOperationImpl.java b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/RecommendBookOperationImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..78c32fa4541a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/main/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/server/RecommendBookOperationImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.smithy.books.server;
+
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.model.RecommendBookInput;
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.model.RecommendBookOutput;
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.server.service.RecommendBookOperation;
+
+import software.amazon.smithy.java.server.RequestContext;
+
+public class RecommendBookOperationImpl implements RecommendBookOperation {
+    @Override
+    public RecommendBookOutput recommendBook(RecommendBookInput input, RequestContext context) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/test/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/client/BookClientLiveTest.java b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/test/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/client/BookClientLiveTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95a8a4ca2215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-modules/gradle-customization/gradle-smithy/src/test/java/com/baeldung/smithy/books/client/BookClientLiveTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package com.baeldung.smithy.books.client;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.client.client.BookManagementServiceClient;
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.client.model.GetBookInput;
+import com.baeldung.smithy.books.client.model.GetBookOutput;
+
+import software.amazon.smithy.java.client.core.endpoint.EndpointResolver;
+
+public class BookClientLiveTest {
+    @Test
+    @Disabled
+    void whenCallingTheSmithyApi_thenTheCorrectResultIsReturned() {
+        BookManagementServiceClient client = BookManagementServiceClient.builder()
+            .endpointResolver(EndpointResolver.staticEndpoint("http://localhost:8888"))
+            .build();
+
+        GetBookOutput output = client.getBook(GetBookInput.builder()
+            .bookId("abc123")
+            .build());
+        assertEquals("Head First Java, 3rd Edition: A Brain-Friendly Guide", output.title());
+    }
+}