diff --git a/antigen/__init__.py b/antigen/__init__.py
index e65784e..2b0fc29 100644
--- a/antigen/__init__.py
+++ b/antigen/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = 0.0.1
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+__version__ = "0.0.1"
+
+from .blueprint import *
+from .utils import *
diff --git a/antigen/blueprint.py b/antigen/blueprint.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9a387f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/antigen/blueprint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import glob
+import os
+
+from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, PackageLoader, Template
+
+from antigen import components_dir
+
+from .utils import files_in_folder, stdout_logger
+
+log = stdout_logger(__name__)
+
+jinja_env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(components_dir))
+
+###############################################################################
+## Blueprint
+###############################################################################
+
+
+def component_is_valid(component):
+
+    if "component" not in component:
+        log.warning("component field missing in definition")
+        return False
+
+    fields = ["component", "id", "props", "children"]
+    for f in fields:
+        if f not in component:
+            log.warning(f"{f} missing in component: {component['component']}")
+            return False
+    return True
+
+
+def create_component(component: dict, path: str, templates: str) -> str:
+    """
+    Args:
+        component: component definition ('component', 'id', 'props', 'children' keys are used in generation)
+        path: path to create component js file
+        templates: path to template folder
+
+    Returns:
+        str: path to component js file
+    """
+
+    if os.path.isfile(path):
+        raise Exception(f"{path} already exists")
+
+    if not component_is_valid(component):
+        raise Exception(f"invalid component")
+
+    templates = jinja_env.list_templates()
+    log.debug(templates)
+
+    if f"{component['component']}.js" in templates:
+        template = f"{component['component']}.js"
+    elif "Default.js" in templates:
+        log.debug(f"no template found for f{component['component']} using Default.js")
+        template = "Default.js"
+    else:
+        raise Exception(f"no component templates found for {component['component']}")
+
+    with open(path, "w") as f:
+        log.debug(f"Generating template {template} -> {path} ...")
+        f.write(
+            jinja_env.get_template(template).render(
+                id=component["id"],
+                component=component["component"],
+                children=component["children"],
+                props=component["props"],
+            )
+        )
+
+    return path
diff --git a/antigen/resources/components/Default.js b/antigen/resources/components/Default.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6728cd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/antigen/resources/components/Default.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+function {{component}}(props) {
+  
+  return (
+    <div id="{{id}}">{{children}}</div>
+  )
+}
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diff --git a/antigen/resources/examples/blueprints/simple_blueprint.yaml b/antigen/resources/examples/blueprints/simple_blueprint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4a5a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/antigen/resources/examples/blueprints/simple_blueprint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+components:
+
+  - component: TextBox
+    props: 
+      id: standard-basic
+      label: Standard
+    children: Hello World!
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diff --git a/antigen/resources/templates/README.md b/antigen/resources/templates/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/antigen/utils.py b/antigen/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d6d7d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/antigen/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import logging
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+import yaml
+
+###############################################################################
+## Important Paths
+###############################################################################
+
+module_dir = os.path.dirname(sys.modules["antigen"].__file__)
+resources_dir = os.path.join(module_dir, "resources")
+components_dir = os.path.join(resources_dir, "components")
+examples_dir = os.path.join(resources_dir, "examples")
+
+###############################################################################
+## General
+###############################################################################
+
+
+def read_yaml(file):
+    with open(file, "r") as f:
+        return yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.FullLoader)
+
+
+def reverse_dictionary(d):
+    return {v: k for k, v in d.items()}
+
+
+def delete_directory(directory):
+    if os.path.isdir(directory):
+        shutil.rmtree(directory)
+
+
+def make_directory(directory, delete=False, exist_ok=True):
+    if delete:
+        delete_directory(directory)
+    if not os.path.isdir(directory):
+        os.makedirs(directory, exist_ok=exist_ok)
+    return os.path.abspath(directory)
+
+
+def files_in_folder(folder):
+    return [
+        os.path.join(folder, n)
+        for n in os.listdir(folder)
+        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(folder, n))
+    ]
+
+
+def folders_in_folder(folder):
+    return [
+        os.path.join(folder, n)
+        for n in os.listdir(folder)
+        if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(folder, n))
+    ]
+
+
+def stdout_logger(name):
+    """
+    Use this logger to standardize log output
+    """
+    log = logging.getLogger(name)
+    log.propagate = False
+    stream_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+    formatter = logging.Formatter("%(levelname)-8s %(message)s")
+    stream_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    stream_handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    log.handlers = [stream_handler]
+    log.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    return log
+
+
+class class_or_instance_method(classmethod):
+    def __get__(self, instance, type_):
+        descr_get = super().__get__ if instance is None else self.__func__.__get__
+        return descr_get(instance, type_)
diff --git a/bin/antigen b/bin/antigen
index e69de29..a1689c0 100755
--- a/bin/antigen
+++ b/bin/antigen
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tempfile
+from glob import glob
+from importlib import import_module
+
+from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader, PackageLoader, Template
+
+from antigen import folders_in_folder, read_yaml, stdout_logger
+
+log = stdout_logger(__name__)
+module_folder = os.path.dirname(sys.modules["antigen"].__file__)
+resources_folder = os.path.join(module_folder, "resources")
+current_folder = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
+
+templates = {
+    os.path.basename(t): t
+    for t in folders_in_folder(os.path.join(module_folder, "resources", "templates"))
+}
+
+# parsers
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="declarative ui generation")
+subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="subcommand")
+
+# parsers - blueprint
+generate_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+    "blueprint", description="generate components from blueprint"
+)
+generate_parser.add_argument("path", help="path to blueprint YAML")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+try:
+
+    if args.subcommand == "blueprint":
+        log.debug(read_yaml(args.path))
+
+    else:
+        parser.print_help()
+
+except Exception as e:
+    log.error(e)
+    parser.print_help()
+
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6e40a14..ef170c6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 from distutils.core import setup
-from antigen import __version__
+
 from setuptools import find_packages
 
+from antigen import __version__
+
 setup(
     name="antigen",
     version=__version__,
     author="shirecoding",
     author_email="shirecoding@gmail.com",
     scripts=["bin/antigen"],
-    install_requires=["Jinja2"],
+    install_requires=[
+        "Jinja2",
+        "pytest",
+        "pytest-html",
+        "pytest-cov",
+    ],
     url="https://github.com/shirecoding/Antigen",
     download_url=f"https://github.com/shirecoding/Antigen/archive/{__version__}.tar.gz",
     long_description=open("README.md").read(),
diff --git a/tests/.coveragerc b/tests/.coveragerc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d05a577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/.coveragerc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[run]
+data_file = reports/.coverage
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diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f7cb2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
+import pytest
+from py.xml import html
+
+###########################################################################################
+## REPORT
+###########################################################################################
+
+
+def stringToCellData(string, class_):
+    return html.td([html.p(s) for s in string.split("\n")], class_=class_)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.optionalhook
+def pytest_html_results_table_header(cells):
+    cells.insert(1, html.th("Specification", class_="spec", col="spec"))
+    cells.insert(2, html.th("Description"))
+    cells.insert(3, html.th("Procedure", class_="proc", col="proc"))
+    cells.insert(4, html.th("Expected", class_="expec", col="expec"))
+    cells.pop()  # remove links column
+
+
+@pytest.mark.optionalhook
+def pytest_html_results_table_row(report, cells):
+    cells.insert(1, stringToCellData(report.specification, class_="col-spec"))
+    cells.insert(2, stringToCellData(report.description, class_="col-desc"))
+    cells.insert(3, stringToCellData(report.procedure, class_="col-proc"))
+    cells.insert(4, stringToCellData(report.expected, class_="col-expec"))
+    cells.pop()  # remove links column
+
+
+@pytest.hookimpl(hookwrapper=True)
+def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
+    outcome = yield
+    report = outcome.get_result()
+    report.description = str(item.function.__doc__ if item.function.__doc__ else "")
+    marker = item.get_closest_marker("report")
+
+    report.specification = (
+        marker.kwargs["specification"]
+        if marker and "specification" in marker.kwargs
+        else ""
+    )
+
+    report.procedure = (
+        marker.kwargs["procedure"] if marker and "procedure" in marker.kwargs else ""
+    )
+
+    report.expected = (
+        marker.kwargs["expected"] if marker and "expected" in marker.kwargs else ""
+    )
diff --git a/tests/pytest.ini b/tests/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..078f85c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[pytest]
+addopts =
+	--assert='plain'
+	--html=reports/pytest_report.html
+	--junitxml=reports/pytest_report.xml
+	--self-contained-html
+	--cov=antigen
+	--cov-report=xml:reports/coverage.xml
+	--cov-report=html:reports/coverage
+	--cov-config=tests/.coveragerc
+log_cli = true
+log_level = DEBUG
+markers =
+	report
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diff --git a/tests/test_blueprint.py b/tests/test_blueprint.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad57abf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_blueprint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import logging
+import os
+import re
+import tempfile
+
+import pytest
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.report(
+    specification="""
+    """,
+    procedure="""
+    """,
+    expected="""
+    """,
+)
+def test_valid_component():
+    """
+    Test component validation function
+    """
+    from antigen import component_is_valid, components_dir, create_component
+
+    c1 = {
+        "component": "TextField",
+        "id": "TextField1",
+        "props": {},
+        "children": "Hello World",
+    }
+
+    assert component_is_valid(c1) == True
+
+    c2 = {"id": "TextField1", "props": {}, "children": "Hello World"}
+
+    assert component_is_valid(c2) == False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.report(
+    specification="""
+    """,
+    procedure="""
+    """,
+    expected="""
+    """,
+)
+def test_create_component():
+    """
+    Test component creation function
+    """
+
+    from antigen import components_dir, create_component
+
+    c1 = {
+        "component": "TextField",
+        "id": "TextField1",
+        "props": {},
+        "children": "Hello World",
+    }
+
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as folder:
+        component_path = create_component(
+            c1, os.path.join(folder, "c1"), components_dir
+        )
+
+        with open(component_path, "r") as file:
+            data = file.read()
+            assert re.match(r"^.*id=\"TextField1\".*$", data, re.DOTALL) != None
+            assert re.match(r"^.*>Hello World<.*$", data, re.DOTALL) != None
+            assert re.match(r"^.*TextField\(props\).*$", data, re.DOTALL) != None