diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+/build
+/.rsconscache
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
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+default:
+
+%:
+	rake $@
diff --git a/Rakefile.rb b/Rakefile.rb
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+++ b/Rakefile.rb
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+require "bundler"
+Bundler.setup(:default)
+
+require "rake/clean"
+require "rscons"
+
+NAME = "jes"
+
+task :library do
+  Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
+    env.build_root = "build"
+    env["CPPPATH"] << "src/lib/include"
+    env.Library("^/lib#{NAME}.a", Dir["src/lib/**/*.{cc,c}"])
+  end
+end
+
+task :default => [:library]
+
+task :clean do
+  Rscons.clean
+end
diff --git a/src/lib/include/jes/Text.h b/src/lib/include/jes/Text.h
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+++ b/src/lib/include/jes/Text.h
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+#ifndef JES_TEXT_H
+#define JES_TEXT_H
+
+namespace jes
+{
+    class Text
+    {
+    };
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/lib/src/Text.cc b/src/lib/src/Text.cc
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/src/Text.cc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "jes/Text.h"