diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
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+The LabGUI.jl package is licensed under the MIT "Expat" License:
+
+> Copyright (c) 2018: jwikmark.
+>
+> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+> of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+> in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+> to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+> copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+> furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+>
+> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+> copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+>
+> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+> IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+> AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+> LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+> OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+> SOFTWARE.
+>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# LabGUI
diff --git a/REQUIRE b/REQUIRE
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+julia 0.6
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
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+environment:
+  matrix:
+  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/0.6/julia-0.6-latest-win32.exe"
+  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialang-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/0.6/julia-0.6-latest-win64.exe"
+  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/julia-latest-win32.exe"
+  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/julia-latest-win64.exe"
+
+## uncomment the following lines to allow failures on nightly julia
+## (tests will run but not make your overall status red)
+#matrix:
+#  allow_failures:
+#  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x86/julia-latest-win32.exe"
+#  - JULIA_URL: "https://julialangnightlies-s3.julialang.org/bin/winnt/x64/julia-latest-win64.exe"
+
+branches:
+  only:
+    - master
+    - /release-.*/
+
+notifications:
+  - provider: Email
+    on_build_success: false
+    on_build_failure: false
+    on_build_status_changed: false
+
+install:
+  - ps: "[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12"
+# If there's a newer build queued for the same PR, cancel this one
+  - ps: if ($env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER -and $env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER -ne ((Invoke-RestMethod `
+        https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/$env:APPVEYOR_ACCOUNT_NAME/$env:APPVEYOR_PROJECT_SLUG/history?recordsNumber=50).builds | `
+        Where-Object pullRequestId -eq $env:APPVEYOR_PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER)[0].buildNumber) { `
+        throw "There are newer queued builds for this pull request, failing early." }
+# Download most recent Julia Windows binary
+  - ps: (new-object net.webclient).DownloadFile(
+        $env:JULIA_URL,
+        "C:\projects\julia-binary.exe")
+# Run installer silently, output to C:\projects\julia
+  - C:\projects\julia-binary.exe /S /D=C:\projects\julia
+
+build_script:
+# Need to convert from shallow to complete for Pkg.clone to work
+  - IF EXIST .git\shallow (git fetch --unshallow)
+  - C:\projects\julia\bin\julia -e "versioninfo();
+      Pkg.clone(pwd(), \"LabGUI\"); Pkg.build(\"LabGUI\")"
+
+test_script:
+  - C:\projects\julia\bin\julia -e "Pkg.test(\"LabGUI\")"
diff --git a/src/LabGUI.jl b/src/LabGUI.jl
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+module LabGUI
+
+# package code goes here
+
+end # module
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
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+using LabGUI
+using Base.Test
+
+# write your own tests here
+@test 1 == 2