Add a simple build.gradle and ratpack handler to get us started with

build.gradle

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+plugins {
+    id "io.ratpack.ratpack-groovy" version "0.9.10"
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'groovy'
+
+repositories {
+    jcenter()
+    mavenLocal()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile 'io.ratpack:ratpack-handlebars:0.9.10+'
+    compile 'io.ratpack:ratpack-jackson:0.9.10+'
+    compile 'io.ratpack:ratpack-codahale-metrics:0.9.10+'
+
+    testCompile 'org.spockframework:spock-core:1.0-groovy-2.+'
+}

src/ratpack/ratpack.groovy

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+import ratpack.handlebars.HandlebarsModule
+import ratpack.jackson.JacksonModule
+
+import static ratpack.handlebars.Template.handlebarsTemplate
+import static ratpack.jackson.Jackson.json
+import static ratpack.groovy.Groovy.*
+import static ratpack.websocket.WebSockets.websocket
+
+ratpack {
+    bindings {
+        add new HandlebarsModule()
+        add new JacksonModule()
+    }
+    handlers {
+        get {
+            render 'offtopic!'
+        }
+
+        /* set up a demo/dummy websocket listener */
+        get("ws") { context ->
+            websocket(context) { ws ->
+            } connect {
+                it.onClose {
+                    println "closing"
+                } onMessage {
+                    "client sent me ${it}"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        assets 'public'
+    }
+}
+