diff --git a/.project b/.project
index 56c5fbc..35daf53 100644
--- a/.project
+++ b/.project
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <projectDescription>
-	<name>OracleCertificationAssociateTest</name>
+	<name>OracleCertificationTest</name>
 	<comment></comment>
 	<projects>
 	</projects>
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89e7ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "type": "java",
+            "name": "CodeLens (Launch) - ConsoleTest",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "console": "internalConsole",
+            "stopOnEntry": false,
+            "mainClass": "com.oracle.java8.professional.io.ConsoleTest",
+            "args": "",
+            "projectName": "OracleCertificationTest"
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "java",
+            "name": "CodeLens (Launch) - IOTest",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "console": "internalConsole",
+            "stopOnEntry": false,
+            "mainClass": "com.oracle.java8.professional.IOTest",
+            "args": "",
+            "projectName": "OracleCertificationTest"
+        }
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/src/com/oracle/java8/professional/IOTest.java b/src/com/oracle/java8/professional/IOTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd7ed0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/oracle/java8/professional/IOTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+package com.oracle.java8.professional;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+
+public class IOTest {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+		doUsingFileTest();
+		doModifyFileContentTest();
+		doWrappingFileWriterTest();
+		doFileOperationTest();
+		doListingFileInDirectory();
+	}
+
+	private static void doUsingFileTest() throws IOException {
+		boolean esiste = false;
+		File file = new File("ilMioPrimoFile.txt");
+		System.out.println(file.exists());
+		esiste = file.createNewFile();
+		System.out.println(esiste);
+		System.out.println(file.exists());
+		file.delete();
+
+		File file2 = new File("mioFile2.txt");
+		file2.createNewFile();
+		file2.delete();
+
+		File file3 = new File("mioFile3.txt");
+		PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(file3);
+		file3.delete();
+
+		File dir1 = new File("laMiaDirectory");
+		dir1.mkdir();
+
+		File file4 = new File(dir1, "mioFile.txt");
+		file4.createNewFile();
+		file4.delete();
+		dir1.delete();
+	}
+
+	private static void doModifyFileContentTest() throws IOException {
+		char[] in = new char[50];
+		int size = 0;
+		File file = new File("fileWrite2.txt");
+		FileWriter fw = new FileWriter(file);
+		fw.write("lunedì\nmartedì\n");
+		fw.flush();
+		fw.close();
+		FileReader fr = new FileReader(file);
+		size = fr.read(in);
+		System.out.println(size + " ");
+		for (char c : in)
+			System.out.print(c);
+		fr.close();
+	}
+
+	private static void doWrappingFileWriterTest() throws IOException {
+		File file = new File("fileWrite2.txt");
+		FileReader fr = new FileReader(file);
+		BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);
+		System.out.println(br.readLine());
+		file.delete();
+	}
+
+	private static void doFileOperationTest() throws IOException {
+		// creazione di una directory
+		File miaDir = new File("miaDir");
+		miaDir.mkdir();
+
+		// creazione di un primo file nella directory
+		File file1 = new File(miaDir, "file1.txt");
+		file1.createNewFile();
+
+		// creazione di un secondo file nella directory
+		File file2 = new File(miaDir, "file2.txt");
+		file2.createNewFile();
+
+		// cancellazione del primo file
+		file1.delete(); // delete a file
+
+		// tentativo di cancellazione della directory
+		System.out.println("miaDir eliminata? " + miaDir.delete());
+
+		// creazione di un nuovo file
+		File file3 = new File(miaDir, "file3.txt");
+
+		// rinomina del secondo file
+		file2.renameTo(file3);
+
+		// rinomina della directory
+		File newDir = new File("miaDir2");
+		miaDir.renameTo(newDir);
+
+		file2.delete();
+		miaDir.delete();
+	}
+
+	private static void doListingFileInDirectory() {
+		// Si ipotizzi che la directory contenga max 100 elementi
+		String[] elementi = new String[100];
+
+		// si crea il riferimento alla directory
+		File miaDir = new File("miaDir");
+
+		// list restituisce un array di stringhe, contenente
+		// i nomi degli elementi all'interno della directory
+		elementi = miaDir.list();
+
+		// scorro l'array
+		for (String nome : elementi) {
+			System.out.println("Elemento trovato: " + nome);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/com/oracle/java8/professional/io/ConsoleTest.java b/src/com/oracle/java8/professional/io/ConsoleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5481bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/oracle/java8/professional/io/ConsoleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package com.oracle.java8.professional.io;
+
+import java.io.Console;
+
+public class ConsoleTest {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String linea = "";
+
+        // Reperisco l'istanza di Console
+        // Attenzione: si tratta di un singleton!
+        // Dunque non può essere istanziato con il new
+        Console cons = System.console();
+
+        System.out.println("Console is null: " + (cons == null));
+
+        // Istanzio un array di caratteri
+        // e ci metto la password digitata
+        // che non verrà mostrata a video
+        char[] passw;
+        passw = cons.readPassword("%s", "password: ");
+
+        // scorro l'array e stampo la password
+        for (char c : passw) {
+            cons.format("%c ", c);
+        }
+        cons.format("\n");
+
+        // lancio il metodo della classe da testare
+        TestClass tc = new TestClass();
+        while (true) {
+            linea = cons.readLine("%s", "digita: ");
+            cons.format("output: %s \n", tc.fai(linea));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class TestClass {
+
+    String fai(String s) {
+        return "Linea: " + s;
+    }
+}
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