diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32c947c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+*.o
+main
+*.swp
+build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cc738d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+project(chapterFirstExample)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+
+include_directories($ENV{GMOCK_HOME}/include $ENV{GMOCK_HOME}/gtest/include)
+link_directories($ENV{GMOCK_HOME}/mybuild $ENV{GMOCK_HOME}/gtest/mybuild)
+add_definitions(-std=c++0x)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAXE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall")
+
+set(sources 
+   main.cpp 
+   SoundexTest.cpp)
+add_executable(test ${sources})
+target_link_libraries(test pthread)
+target_link_libraries(test gmock)
+target_link_libraries(test gtest)
+
diff --git a/ExpectToFailCompile b/ExpectToFailCompile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80d4c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ExpectToFailCompile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this branch is expected to fail compilation
diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2997ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+the master branch is not used on this project
diff --git a/SoundexTest.cpp b/SoundexTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f44975c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SoundexTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include "gmock/gmock.h"    //<label id="code.include"/>
+
+TEST(SoundexEncoding, RetainsSoleLetterOfOneLetterWord) { //<label id="code.test"/>
+   Soundex soundex;   //<label id="code.construct"/>
+}
+
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..59fa20e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include "gmock/gmock.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+   testing::InitGoogleMock(&argc, argv);
+   return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}
+