diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab646e2..e0ac140 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 **/*.sw?
+jenny_pollack/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/jenny_pollack/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README.md
rename to jenny_pollack/README.md
diff --git a/jenny_pollack/gulpfile.js b/jenny_pollack/gulpfile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f7724e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenny_pollack/gulpfile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+var gulp = require('gulp');
+var jshint = require('gulp-jshint');
+var mocha = require('gulp-mocha');
+var appFiles = ['index.js', 'lib/**/*.js', 'bin/**/*.js'];
+var testFiles = ['./test/**/*.js'];
+
+gulp.task('jshint:test', function() {
+  return gulp.src(testFiles)
+    .pipe(jshint({
+      node: true,
+      globals: {
+        describe: true,
+        it: true,
+        before: true,
+        after: true
+      }
+    }))
+    .pipe(jshint.reporter('default'));
+});
+
+gulp.task('jshint:app', function() {
+  return gulp.src(appFiles)
+    .pipe(jshint({
+      node: true
+    })) 
+    .pipe(jshint.reporter('default'));
+});
+
+gulp.task('mocha', function(){
+  return gulp.src(testFiles)
+    .pipe(jshint({
+      node: true,
+      globals: {
+        describe: true,
+        it: true
+      }
+    }))
+    .pipe(mocha({reporter: 'spec'}));
+});
+
+gulp.watch(appFiles, ['mocha']); 
+
+
+gulp.task('jshint', ['jshint:test', 'jshint:app']);
+gulp.task('default', ['jshint', 'mocha']);
diff --git a/jenny_pollack/lib/greet.js b/jenny_pollack/lib/greet.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9462e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenny_pollack/lib/greet.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var input = process.argv[2];
+
+var greet = module.exports = function(name) {
+  return 'hello ' + name;
+};
+
+if(input){
+	console.log(greet(input)); 
+}
diff --git a/jenny_pollack/package.json b/jenny_pollack/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f394497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenny_pollack/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "name": "jenny_pollack_greeting_app",
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "description": "greeting app assignment 2",
+  "main": "lib/greet.js",
+  "directories": {
+    "test": "test"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "chai": "^3.4.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "chai": "^3.4.0",
+    "gulp": "^3.9.0",
+    "gulp-jshint": "^1.11.2",
+    "gulp-mocha": "^2.1.3",
+    "mocha": "^2.3.3"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "gulp"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/jenpoll/simple-test-and-modular-patterns.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "code",
+    "fellows",
+    "simple",
+    "modular",
+    "patterns",
+    "and",
+    "testing",
+    "gulp",
+    "package.json"
+  ],
+  "author": "Jenny Pollack",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/jenpoll/simple-test-and-modular-patterns/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/jenpoll/simple-test-and-modular-patterns#readme"
+}
diff --git a/jenny_pollack/test/greet_test.js b/jenny_pollack/test/greet_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b67608d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenny_pollack/test/greet_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+'use strict'; 
+
+var expect = require('chai').expect; 
+var greet = require(__dirname + '/../lib/greet');
+
+//test that verifies the output of the function
+describe('the greet function', function(){
+	it('should say hello name, where name is the argument', function(){
+		expect(greet('jenny')).to.eql('hello jenny');
+	});
+
+});