diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Logs
+logs
+*.log
+npm-debug.log*
+
+# node stuff
+node_modules
+
+# typescript stuff
+coverage
+build
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "ts-serializer",
+  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "description": "Object serialization made easy with decorators.",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "clean": "del build coverage",
+    "pretest": "echo 'stuff'",
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
+    "predevelop": "npm run clean",
+    "develop": "tsc --sourceMap",
+    "prebuild": "npm run clean",
+    "build": "tsc --outDir ."
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "typescript",
+    "serialization",
+    "deserialization",
+    "decorators",
+    "json"
+  ],
+  "author": "Christoph Bühler <christoph.buehler@bluewin.ch>",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/chai": "^3.4.34",
+    "@types/mocha": "^2.2.39",
+    "@types/reflect-metadata": "0.0.5",
+    "chai": "^3.5.0",
+    "del-cli": "^0.2.1",
+    "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
+    "mocha": "^3.2.0",
+    "mocha-lcov-reporter": "^1.2.0",
+    "remap-istanbul": "^0.9.1",
+    "tslint": "^4.4.2",
+    "tslint-jsdoc-rules": "^0.1.2",
+    "typescript": "^2.1.6"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "tslib": "^1.5.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "target": "es5",
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "moduleResolution": "node",
+        "removeComments": false,
+        "outDir": "./build",
+        "declaration": true,
+        "sourceMap": false,
+        "experimentalDecorators": true,
+        "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+        "importHelpers": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "noUnusedLocals": true,
+        "noUnusedParameters": true,
+        "lib": [
+            "es2015"
+        ]
+    },
+    "exclude": [
+        "node_modules",
+        "build"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
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+{
+    "extends": "tslint:recommended",
+    "rulesDirectory": [
+        "node_modules/tslint-jsdoc-rules/lib"
+    ],
+    "rules": {
+        "adjacent-overload-signatures": true,
+        "interface-name": [
+            true,
+            "never-prefix"
+        ],
+        "jsdoc-require": [
+            true,
+            "no-constructors",
+            "no-properties",
+            "no-private-properties"
+        ],
+        "member-access": [
+            true,
+            "check-accessor"
+        ],
+        "ordered-imports": [
+            false
+        ],
+        "object-literal-sort-keys": false,
+        "max-classes-per-file": [
+            false
+        ],
+        "array-type": [
+            true,
+            "array"
+        ],
+        "arrow-parens": [
+            true,
+            "ban-single-arg-parens"
+        ],
+        "no-trailing-whitespace": false,
+        "member-ordering": [
+            true,
+            {
+                "order": [
+                    "public-static-field",
+                    "protected-static-field",
+                    "private-static-field",
+                    "public-instance-field",
+                    "protected-instance-field",
+                    "private-instance-field",
+                    "constructor",
+                    "public-static-method",
+                    "protected-static-method",
+                    "private-static-method",
+                    "public-instance-method",
+                    "protected-instance-method",
+                    "private-instance-method"
+                ]
+            }
+        ],
+        "no-bitwise": false,
+        "no-default-export": true,
+        "no-invalid-this": true,
+        "no-namespace": [
+            true,
+            "allow-declarations"
+        ],
+        "no-string-literal": false,
+        "object-literal-key-quotes": [
+            false,
+            "as-needed"
+        ],
+        "one-variable-per-declaration": [
+            false
+        ],
+        "only-arrow-functions": [
+            true,
+            "allow-declarations"
+        ],
+        "quotemark": [
+            true,
+            "single",
+            "avoid-escape"
+        ],
+        "trailing-comma": [
+            false
+        ],
+        "triple-equals": true,
+        "typedef": [
+            true,
+            "call-signature",
+            "parameter",
+            "property-declaration",
+            "member-variable-declaration"
+        ],
+        "variable-name": [
+            true,
+            "ban-keywords",
+            "check-format",
+            "allow-pascal-case",
+            "allow-leading-underscore"
+        ],
+        "whitespace": [
+            true,
+            "check-branch",
+            "check-decl",
+            "check-operator",
+            "check-separator",
+            "check-type"
+        ]
+    }
+}