diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+pom.xml
+*jar
+lib
+classes
+build.xml
+manifest.mf
+nbproject
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2010 Tero Parviainen
+
+ 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.
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diff --git a/README b/README
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+# todos-server
+
+FIXME: write description
+
+## Usage
+
+FIXME: write
+
+## Installation
+
+FIXME: write
+
+## License
+
+FIXME: write
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
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+(defproject todos-server "1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
+  :description "Backend for the SproutCore tutorial app"
+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.1.0"]
+                 [org.clojure/clojure-contrib "1.1.0"]
+		 		 
+		 [compojure "0.4.0-RC3"]
+		 [congomongo "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"]]
+  :dev-dependencies [[ring/ring-httpcore-adapter "0.2.0"]])
diff --git a/src/todos_server/api.clj b/src/todos_server/api.clj
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+(ns todos-server.api
+  (:use clojure.contrib.json.write
+        clojure.contrib.json.read
+        clojure.contrib.duck-streams
+        compojure.core
+        todos-server.db))
+
+(defn- emit-json
+  "Turn the object to JSON, and emit it with the correct content type"
+  [x]
+  {:headers {"Content-Type" "application/json"}
+   :body    (json-str {:content x})})
+
+(defn- parse-json
+  "Parse the request body into a Clojure data structure"
+  [body]
+  (read-json (slurp* body)))
+
+(defn guid [task]
+  (str "/tasks/" (:id task)))
+
+(defn with-guid [task]
+  (assoc task :guid (guid task)))
+
+(defroutes main-routes
+  (GET    "/tasks" []
+    (emit-json
+      (map with-guid (find-all-tasks))))
+  (GET    "/tasks/:id" [id]
+    (emit-json
+      (with-guid (find-task id))))
+  (POST   "/tasks" {body :body}
+    (let [saved-task (add-task (parse-json body))]
+      {:status 201
+       :headers {"Location" (guid saved-task)}}))
+  (PUT    "/tasks/:id" {body :body {id "id"} :route-params}
+    (update-task id (parse-json body)))
+  (DELETE "/tasks/:id" [id]
+    (destroy-task id)
+    {:status 200}))
+
+
+  
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diff --git a/src/todos_server/db.clj b/src/todos_server/db.clj
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+(ns todos-server.db
+ (:use todos-server.util)
+ (:use somnium.congomongo))
+
+(mongo! :db "todos")
+
+(defn- extern-id
+  "Returns a version of obj with a string :id based on its :_id"
+  [obj]
+  (-> obj
+      (assoc :id (str (:_id obj)))
+      (dissoc :_id)))
+
+(defn- intern-id
+  "Returns a version of obj with an ObjectId based on its :id"
+  [obj]
+  (-> obj
+      (assoc :_id (object-id (:id obj)))
+      (dissoc :id)))
+
+(defn find-all-tasks []
+  (map extern-id (fetch :tasks)))
+
+(defn find-task [id]
+  (extern-id (fetch-by-id :tasks id)))
+
+(defn add-task [task]
+  (extern-id (insert! :tasks task)))
+
+(defn update-task [id task]
+  (let [task-in-db (fetch-by-id :tasks id)]
+    (update! :tasks
+      task-in-db
+      (merge-with-kw-keys task-in-db task))))
+
+(defn destroy-task [id]
+  (destroy! :tasks
+    (fetch-by-id :tasks id)))
diff --git a/src/todos_server/util.clj b/src/todos_server/util.clj
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+(ns todos-server.util)
+
+(defn keywordify-keys
+  "Returns a map otherwise same as the argument but
+   with all keys turned to keywords"
+  [m]
+  (zipmap
+    (map keyword (keys m))
+    (vals m)))
+
+(defn merge-with-kw-keys
+  "Merges maps converting all keys to keywords"
+  [& maps]
+  (reduce
+    merge
+    (map keywordify-keys maps)))
+
+
diff --git a/test/todos_server/core_test.clj b/test/todos_server/core_test.clj
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+(ns todos-server.core-test
+  (:use [todos-server.core] :reload-all)
+  (:use [clojure.test]))
+
+(deftest replace-me ;; FIXME: write
+  (is false))