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- add "How was the project created?" section
- add "Author" section

README.md

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 # book-catalog
 
-This is an example application written with [Micronaut](http://micronaut.io).
-It publishes a catalog of books from a MongoDB database through an HTTP API and [Handlebars](http://jknack.github.io/handlebars.java/) view.
+This is a basic example application written with [Micronaut](http://micronaut.io)
+that publishes a catalog of books from a MongoDB database via an HTTP API and a server-side [Handlebars](http://jknack.github.io/handlebars.java/) view.
 
-Please note that the Docker setup is explicitly not intended for use in production.
+The example also includes Lombok integration, Jackson configuration, reactive MongoDB connectivity, ConfigurationProperties and a test environment stub.
+
+Please note that additional security configuration is required to use the project in production.
 
 ## Requirements
 
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 - stop (or kill after 10sec) the Docker multi-container application (using docker-compose),
 - remove all attached Docker resources,
 - remove the Micronaut application image.
+
+## How was the project created?
+
+The project itself, the Java beans and controller skeletons were scaffolded using the 
+[Micronaut CLI](https://docs.micronaut.io/latest/guide/index.html#buildCLI):
+
+```
+$ mn create-app catalogservice.book-catalog --features mongo-reactive
+| Generating Java project...
+| Application created at /Volumes/projects/github.com/JonasHavers/book-catalog
+$ cd book-catalog/
+$ mn
+| Starting interactive mode...
+| Enter a command name to run. Use TAB for completion:
+mn> create-bean catalogservice.application.FindBooksUseCase
+| Rendered template Bean.java to destination src/main/java/catalogservice/application/FindBooksUseCase.java
+mn> create-bean catalogservice.adapter.mongodb.MongoBooksRepository
+| Rendered template Bean.java to destination src/main/java/catalogservice/adapter/mongodb/MongoBooksRepository.java
+mn> create-controller catalogservice.adapter.web.BooksApiController
+| Rendered template Controller.java to destination src/main/java/catalogservice/adapter/web/BooksApiController.java
+| Rendered template ControllerTest.java to destination src/test/java/catalogservice/adapter/web/BooksApiControllerTest.java
+mn> create-bean catalogservice.adapter.test.StubBooksRepository
+| Rendered template Bean.java to destination src/main/java/catalogservice/adapter/test/StubBooksRepository.java
+```
+
+The Lombok dependency and annotation processor were added to the project in *build.gradle* right before Micronaut's annotation processors:
+
+```
+compileOnly "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.4"             // added
+annotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.4"     // added
+annotationProcessor "io.micronaut:micronaut-inject-java"
+```
+
+The Handlebars dependency was added to the project in *build.gradle* to support server-side view rendering:
+
+```
+runtime "com.github.jknack:handlebars:4.1.2"
+```
+
+The controller that is responsible for the routing and the view model creation was also scaffolded:
+
+```
+$ mn create-controller catalogservice.adapter.web.BooksViewController
+| Rendered template Controller.java to destination src/main/java/catalogservice/adapter/web/BooksViewController.java
+| Rendered template ControllerTest.java to destination src/test/java/catalogservice/adapter/web/BooksViewControllerTest.java
+```
+
+Implementation and configuration followed the scaffolding.
+For further details, please refer to the Git history.
+
+## Author
+
+Jonas Havers ([@JonasHavers](https://twitter.com/JonasHavers)) - [https://jonas-havers.de](https://jonas-havers.de)