diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0db216b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+npm-debug.log
+node_modules
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48fa452..2ec6af7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,5 +19,9 @@
   "bugs": {
     "url" : "https://github.com/devotis/node-extjs-custom/issues",
     "email" : "chris@devotis.nl"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "mocha": "2.0.x",
+    "should": "4.3.x"
   }
 }
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diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
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index 0000000..deff38a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+var should = require('should');
+
+var Ext       = require('../Ext');
+Ext.Template  = require('../Template');
+Ext.XTemplate = require('../XTemplate');
+
+var data = {
+    name: 'Don Griffin',
+    title: 'Senior Technomage',
+    company: 'Sencha Inc.',
+    drinks: ['Coffee', 'Water', 'More Coffee'],
+    kids: [
+        { name: 'Aubrey',  age: 17 },
+        { name: 'Joshua',  age: 13 },
+        { name: 'Cale',    age: 10 },
+        { name: 'Nikol',   age: 5 },
+        { name: 'Solomon', age: 0 }
+    ]
+};
+
+describe('Template', function() {
+  it('basic compiling should work', function() {
+    var tpl = new Ext.Template('Name: {0}, Age: {1}');
+    var html = tpl.apply(['John', 25]);
+    html.should.be.a.String.and.be.equal('Name: John, Age: 25')
+  });
+});
+
+describe('XTemplate', function() {
+  it('basic compiling should work', function() {
+    var tpl = new Ext.XTemplate(
+      '<p>Name: {name}</p>',
+      '<p>Title: {title}</p>',
+      '<p>Company: {company}</p>',
+      '<p>Kids: ',
+      '<tpl for="kids">', // interrogate the kids property within the data
+          '<p>{name}</p>',
+      '</tpl></p>'
+    );
+
+    var html = tpl.apply(data);
+    html.should.be.a.String.and.be.equal('<p>Name: Don Griffin</p><p>Title: Senior Technomage</p><p>Company: Sencha Inc.</p><p>Kids: <tpl for="kids"><p>Don Griffin</p></tpl></p>')
+  });
+});
+