diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
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+++ b/.coveragerc
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+[run]
+branch = True
+
+[report]
+fail_under = 100
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+pip-wheel-metadata/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+.DS_Store
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+*.tar.gz
+
+# We want to allow the tests/lib folder
+!tests/lib
+
+# Node.js
+node_modules/
+coverage/
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
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+++ b/.pylintrc
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+[MASTER]
+
+ignore=CVS,models.py,handlers.py
+jobs=1
+persistent=yes
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+disable=
+    missing-docstring,          # not everything needs a docstring
+    fixme,                      # work in progress
+    bad-continuation,           # clashes with black
+    too-few-public-methods,     # triggers when inheriting
+    ungrouped-imports,          # clashes with isort
+    duplicate-code,             # broken, setup.py
+
+[BASIC]
+
+good-names=e,ex,f,fp,i,j,k,n,_
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+indent-string='    '
+max-line-length=88
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2020 Eduardo Rodrigues
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
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+include README.md
+include LICENSE
+
+graft python/rpdk/typescript
+
+# last rule wins, put excludes last
+global-exclude __pycache__ *.py[co] .DS_Store
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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+# DEVELOPER PREVIEW (COMMUNITY DRIVEN)
+
+We're excited to share our progress with adding new languages to the CloudFormation CLI! This plugin is an early preview prepared by the community, and not ready for production use.
+
+## AWS CloudFormation Resource Provider TypeScript Plugin
+
+The CloudFormation CLI (cfn) allows you to author your own resource providers that can be used by CloudFormation.
+
+This plugin library helps to provide TypeScript runtime bindings for the execution of your providers by CloudFormation.
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+If you are using this package to build resource providers for CloudFormation, install the [CloudFormation CLI TypeScript Plugin](https://github.com/eduardomourar/cloudformation-cli-typescript-plugin) - this will automatically install the the [CloudFormation CLI](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli)! A Python virtual environment is recommended.
+
+**Prerequisites**
+
+ - Python version 3.6 or above
+ - Your choice of TypeScript IDE
+
+**Installation**
+
+```shell
+pip3 install git+https://github.com/eduardomourar/cloudformation-cli-typescript-plugin.git#egg=cloudformation-cli-typescript-plugin
+```
+
+Refer to the [CloudFormation CLI User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudformation-cli/latest/userguide/resource-types.html) for the [CloudFormation CLI](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli) for usage instructions.
+
+
+Development
+-----------
+
+For changes to the plugin, a Python virtual environment is recommended. Check out and install the plugin in editable mode:
+
+```shell
+python3 -m venv env
+source env/bin/activate
+pip3 install -e /path/to/cloudformation-cli-typescript-plugin
+```
+
+You may also want to check out the [CloudFormation CLI](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cloudformation-cli) if you wish to make edits to that. In this case, installing them in one operation works well:
+
+```shell
+pip3 install \
+  -e /path/to/cloudformation-cli \
+  -e /path/to/cloudformation-cli-typescript-plugin
+```
+
+That ensures neither is accidentally installed from PyPI.
+
+Linting and running unit tests is done via [pre-commit](https://pre-commit.com/), and so is performed automatically on commit after being installed (`pre-commit install`). The continuous integration also runs these checks. Manual options are available so you don't have to commit:
+
+```shell
+# run all hooks on all files, mirrors what the CI runs
+pre-commit run --all-files
+# run unit tests only. can also be used for other hooks, e.g. black, flake8, pylint-local
+pre-commit run pytest-local
+```
+
+License
+-------
+
+This library is licensed under the MIT License.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
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+++ b/setup.cfg
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+[metadata]
+license_file = LICENSE
+description-file = README.md
+
+[flake8]
+exclude =
+    .git,
+    __pycache__,
+    build,
+    dist,
+    *.pyc,
+    *.egg-info,
+    .cache,
+    .eggs,
+    .tox
+max-complexity = 10
+max-line-length = 88
+select = C,E,F,W,B,B950
+# C812, C815, W503 clash with black, F723 false positive
+ignore = E501,C812,C815,C816,W503,F723
+
+[isort]
+line_length = 88
+indent = '    '
+multi_line_output = 3
+default_section = FIRSTPARTY
+skip = env
+include_trailing_comma = true
+combine_as_imports = True
+force_grid_wrap = 0
+known_first_party = rpdk
+known_third_party = boto3,botocore,jinja2,jsonschema,werkzeug,yaml,requests
+
+[tool:pytest]
+# can't do anything about 3rd party modules, so don't spam us
+filterwarnings =
+    ignore::DeprecationWarning:botocore
+    ignore::DeprecationWarning:werkzeug
+    ignore::DeprecationWarning:yaml
+
+[mypy-setuptools] # don't want to stub external libraries for now
+ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Typescript language support for the CloudFormation CLI"""
+import os.path
+import re
+
+from setuptools import setup
+
+HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+
+def read(*parts):
+    with open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "r", encoding="utf-8") as fp:
+        return fp.read()
+
+
+# https://packaging.python.org/guides/single-sourcing-package-version/
+def find_version(*file_paths):
+    version_file = read(*file_paths)
+    version_match = re.search(r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]", version_file, re.M)
+    if version_match:
+        return version_match.group(1)
+    raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
+
+
+setup(
+    name="cloudformation-cli-typescript-plugin",
+    version=find_version("python", "rpdk", "typescript", "__init__.py"),
+    description=__doc__,
+    long_description=read("README.md"),
+    author="eduardomourar",
+    url="https://github.com/eduardomourar/cloudformation-cli-typescript-plugin",
+    packages=["rpdk.typescript"],
+    package_dir={"": "python"},
+    # package_data -> use MANIFEST.in instead
+    include_package_data=True,
+    zip_safe=True,
+    python_requires=">=3.6",
+    install_requires=["cloudformation-cli>=0.1,<0.2", "docker>=3.7,<3.8"],
+    entry_points={
+        "rpdk.v1.languages": [
+            "typescript = rpdk.typescript.codegen:TypescriptLanguagePlugin",
+        ]
+    },
+    license="MIT",
+    classifiers=[
+        "Development Status :: 2 - Pre-Alpha",
+        "Environment :: Console",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT/X Consortium License",
+        "Natural Language :: English",
+        "Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools",
+        "Topic :: Software Development :: Code Generators",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    ],
+    keywords="Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation",
+)