diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bdfd80b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Build
+
+on: 
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - release-*
+      - java_sdk_wip
+    tags:
+      - v*
+    
+  pull_request:
+    branches: 
+    - master
+    - release-*
+    - java_sdk_wip
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      JDK_VER: 13.0.x
+      DAPR_RUNTIME_VER: 0.3.0
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Set up ${{ env.JDK_VER }}
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      with:
+        java-version: ${{ env.JDK_VER }}
+    - name: Set up Dapr CLI
+      run: wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/master/install/install.sh -O - | /bin/bash
+    - name: Initialize Dapr runtime as a standalone mode
+      run: |
+        sudo dapr init --runtime-version ${{ env.DAPR_RUNTIME_VER }}
+        echo "Showing dapr version..."
+        dapr --version
+    - name: Clean up files
+      run: mvn clean
+    - name: Build sdk
+      run: mvn compile
+    - name: Unit-test
+      run: mvn test
+    - name: Integration-test
+      run: mvn integration-test
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 221a3b720..319491294 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,3 +45,30 @@ To increase the version of all modules and pom files, run the following commands
 mvn versions:set -DnewVersion="0.1.0-preview02"
 mvn versions:commit
 ```
+
+### Debug Java application or Dapr's Java SDK
+
+If you have a Java application or an issue on this SDK that needs to be debugged, follow the steps below:
+
+Install [Pen Load Balancer](https://sourceforge.net/projects/penloadbalancer/) or your preferred load balancer utility:
+```sh
+sudo apt-get install pen
+```
+Note: Pen is also available on Windows in the link above. For MacOS, you will need to [build it from source code](https://github.com/UlricE/pen/wiki/Building-Pen-from-Git).
+
+Then run Dapr with the load balancer process listening on port 3001 and forwarding to port 3000. For Pen Load Balancer, it would be:
+```sh
+dapr run --app-id testapp --app-port 3001 --port 3500 -- pen -b 99999999 -f localhost:3001 localhost:3000
+```
+
+The command below will start a load balancer listening on port `3001` that forwards connections to port `3000`, while Dapr's app identifier is `testapp` and listening port is `3500`. If you try to make a HTTP call to any URL on `localhost:3001`, it will fail until you have an application listening on `localhost:3000`.
+
+Now you can go to your IDE (like IntelliJ, for example) and debug your Java application, using port `3500` to call Dapr while also listening to port `3000` to expose Dapr's callback endpoint.
+
+Calls to Dapr's APIs on `http://localhost:3500/*` should work now and trigger breakpoints in your code.
+
+**If your application needs to suscribe to topics or register Actors in Dapr, for example, then start debugging your app first and run dapr with load balancer last.**
+
+Reminder: for Dapr, your application is listening to port `3001` and not `3000` since it can only see the load balancer's port.
+
+**If using Visual Studio Code, also consider [this solution as well](https://github.com/dapr/docs/tree/master/howto/vscode-debugging-daprd).**