diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5273f67a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "python.pythonPath": "/usr/local/opt/python/bin/python3.7"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6528acefa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[[source]]
+url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
+verify_ssl = true
+name = "pypi"
+
+[packages]
+django = "*"
+python-decouple = "*"
+djangorestframework = "*"
+gunicorn = "*"
+"psycopg2-binary" = "*"
+dj-database-url = "*"
+whitenoise = "*"
+django-cors-headers = "*"
+
+[dev-packages]
+
+[requires]
+python_version = "3.7"
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..979af96aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+{
+    "_meta": {
+        "hash": {
+            "sha256": "8125b5bd02cb8f85c9f0329f5ff7548591ce4fb6ffbe9b3cb8cb0952d2f3cff2"
+        },
+        "pipfile-spec": 6,
+        "requires": {
+            "python_version": "3.7"
+        },
+        "sources": [
+            {
+                "name": "pypi",
+                "url": "https://pypi.org/simple",
+                "verify_ssl": true
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    "default": {
+        "dj-database-url": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:4aeaeb1f573c74835b0686a2b46b85990571159ffc21aa57ecd4d1e1cb334163",
+                "sha256:851785365761ebe4994a921b433062309eb882fedd318e1b0fcecc607ed02da9"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==0.5.0"
+        },
+        "django": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:068d51054083d06ceb32ce02b7203f1854256047a0d58682677dd4f81bceabd7",
+                "sha256:55409a056b27e6d1246f19ede41c6c610e4cab549c005b62cbeefabc6433356b"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.1.4"
+        },
+        "django-cors-headers": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:5545009c9b233ea7e70da7dbab7cb1c12afa01279895086f98ec243d7eab46fa",
+                "sha256:c4c2ee97139d18541a1be7d96fe337d1694623816d83f53cb7c00da9b94acae1"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.4.0"
+        },
+        "djangorestframework": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:607865b0bb1598b153793892101d881466bd5a991de12bd6229abb18b1c86136",
+                "sha256:63f76cbe1e7d12b94c357d7e54401103b2e52aef0f7c1650d6c820ad708776e5"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==3.9.0"
+        },
+        "gunicorn": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:aa8e0b40b4157b36a5df5e599f45c9c76d6af43845ba3b3b0efe2c70473c2471",
+                "sha256:fa2662097c66f920f53f70621c6c58ca4a3c4d3434205e608e121b5b3b71f4f3"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==19.9.0"
+        },
+        "psycopg2-binary": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:036bcb198a7cc4ce0fe43344f8c2c9a8155aefa411633f426c8c6ed58a6c0426",
+                "sha256:1d770fcc02cdf628aebac7404d56b28a7e9ebec8cfc0e63260bd54d6edfa16d4",
+                "sha256:1fdc6f369dcf229de6c873522d54336af598b9470ccd5300e2f58ee506f5ca13",
+                "sha256:21f9ddc0ff6e07f7d7b6b484eb9da2c03bc9931dd13e36796b111d631f7135a3",
+                "sha256:247873cda726f7956f745a3e03158b00de79c4abea8776dc2f611d5ba368d72d",
+                "sha256:3aa31c42f29f1da6f4fd41433ad15052d5ff045f2214002e027a321f79d64e2c",
+                "sha256:475f694f87dbc619010b26de7d0fc575a4accf503f2200885cc21f526bffe2ad",
+                "sha256:4b5e332a24bf6e2fda1f51ca2a57ae1083352293a08eeea1fa1112dc7dd542d1",
+                "sha256:570d521660574aca40be7b4d532dfb6f156aad7b16b5ed62d1534f64f1ef72d8",
+                "sha256:59072de7def0690dd13112d2bdb453e20570a97297070f876fbbb7cbc1c26b05",
+                "sha256:5f0b658989e918ef187f8a08db0420528126f2c7da182a7b9f8bf7f85144d4e4",
+                "sha256:649199c84a966917d86cdc2046e03d536763576c0b2a756059ae0b3a9656bc20",
+                "sha256:6645fc9b4705ae8fbf1ef7674f416f89ae1559deec810f6dd15197dfa52893da",
+                "sha256:6872dd54d4e398d781efe8fe2e2d7eafe4450d61b5c4898aced7610109a6df75",
+                "sha256:6ce34fbc251fc0d691c8d131250ba6f42fd2b28ef28558d528ba8c558cb28804",
+                "sha256:73920d167a0a4d1006f5f3b9a3efce6f0e5e883a99599d38206d43f27697df00",
+                "sha256:8a671732b87ae423e34b51139628123bc0306c2cb85c226e71b28d3d57d7e42a",
+                "sha256:8d517e8fda2efebca27c2018e14c90ed7dc3f04d7098b3da2912e62a1a5585fe",
+                "sha256:9475a008eb7279e20d400c76471843c321b46acacc7ee3de0b47233a1e3fa2cf",
+                "sha256:96947b8cd7b3148fb0e6549fcb31258a736595d6f2a599f8cd450e9a80a14781",
+                "sha256:abf229f24daa93f67ac53e2e17c8798a71a01711eb9fcdd029abba8637164338",
+                "sha256:b1ab012f276df584beb74f81acb63905762c25803ece647016613c3d6ad4e432",
+                "sha256:b22b33f6f0071fe57cb4e9158f353c88d41e739a3ec0d76f7b704539e7076427",
+                "sha256:b3b2d53274858e50ad2ffdd6d97ce1d014e1e530f82ec8b307edd5d4c921badf",
+                "sha256:bab26a729befc7b9fab9ded1bba9c51b785188b79f8a2796ba03e7e734269e2e",
+                "sha256:daa1a593629aa49f506eddc9d23dc7f89b35693b90e1fbcd4480182d1203ea90",
+                "sha256:dd111280ce40e89fd17b19c1269fd1b74a30fce9d44a550840e86edb33924eb8",
+                "sha256:e0b86084f1e2e78c451994410de756deba206884d6bed68d5a3d7f39ff5fea1d",
+                "sha256:eb86520753560a7e89639500e2a254bb6f683342af598088cb72c73edcad21e6",
+                "sha256:ff18c5c40a38d41811c23e2480615425c97ea81fd7e9118b8b899c512d97c737"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==2.7.6.1"
+        },
+        "python-decouple": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:1317df14b43efee4337a4aa02914bf004f010cd56d6c4bd894e6474ec8c4fe2d"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==3.1"
+        },
+        "pytz": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:31cb35c89bd7d333cd32c5f278fca91b523b0834369e757f4c5641ea252236ca",
+                "sha256:8e0f8568c118d3077b46be7d654cc8167fa916092e28320cde048e54bfc9f1e6"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2018.7"
+        },
+        "whitenoise": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:118ab3e5f815d380171b100b05b76de2a07612f422368a201a9ffdeefb2251c1",
+                "sha256:42133ddd5229eeb6a0c9899496bdbe56c292394bf8666da77deeb27454c0456a"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==4.1.2"
+        }
+    },
+    "develop": {}
+}
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be138390c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+web: gunicorn djorg.wsgi --log-file -
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/djorg/__init__.py b/djorg/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/djorg/settings.py b/djorg/settings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38967c74d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djorg/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+"""
+Django settings for djorg project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 2.1.4.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+import os
+from decouple import config
+import dj_database_url
+
+
+# DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config(conn_max_age=600)
+# DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config(default='postgres://...')
+# DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.parse('postgres://...', conn_max_age=600)
+# The conn_max_age attribute is the lifetime of a database connection in seconds and 
+# is available in Django 1.6+. If you do not set a value, it will default to 0 which 
+# is Django's historical behavior of using a new database connection on each request. 
+# Use None for unlimited persistent connections.
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
+BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+
+SECRET_KEY = config('SECRET_KEY') 
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+# DEBUG = config('DEBUG', cast=bool)
+DEBUG = config('DEBUG', cast=bool)
+
+# ALLOWED_HOSTS='.herokuapp.com'
+# OR
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = config('ALLOWED_HOSTS', cast=lambda v: [s.strip() for s in v.split(',')])
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'notes.apps.NotesConfig',
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'rest_framework',
+    'corsheaders',
+    'rest_framework.authtoken',
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'djorg.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': [
+        'rest_framework.permissions.DjangoModelPermissionsOrAnonReadOnly',
+    ],
+     'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
+        'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
+        'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication',
+    ),
+}
+# ^ This will allow read/write permissions for logged in users and read only for
+# anonymous users.
+
+CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL = True
+#can be put anywhere, on its own
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'djorg.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
+    }
+}
+
+DATABASES = {}
+DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config(default=config('DATABASE_URL'), conn_max_age=600)
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_L10N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
+STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')
diff --git a/djorg/urls.py b/djorg/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bcf6873d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djorg/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+"""djorg URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path, include
+from rest_framework import routers
+from notes.api import PersonalNoteViewSet
+from django.urls import path, include, re_path
+from rest_framework.authtoken import views
+
+router = routers.DefaultRouter()
+router.register('notes', PersonalNoteViewSet)
+# This is similar to setting up a route in express, but we’re saying for this
+# route, this (`PersonalNoteViewSet`) is the data we want to associate with it.
+# (The `r` means that this is a regular expression, and to interpret the string as
+# literally as possible--somewhat overkill in this case.)
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path('api/', include(router.urls)),
+    re_path('^api-token-auth/', views.obtain_auth_token),
+]
diff --git a/djorg/wsgi.py b/djorg/wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bb827bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djorg/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+WSGI config for djorg project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.1/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'djorg.settings')
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ae1e94bc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import os
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'djorg.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
diff --git a/notes/__init__.py b/notes/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/notes/admin.py b/notes/admin.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acc4421e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+from .models import Note, PersonalNote
+
+# Register your models here.
+admin.site.register(Note)
+admin.site.register(PersonalNote)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/notes/api.py b/notes/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b2b0e09a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+from rest_framework import serializers, viewsets
+from .models import PersonalNote
+
+class PersonalNoteSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = PersonalNote
+        fields = ('title', 'content')
+    def create(self, validated_data):
+        user = self.context['request'].user
+        note = PersonalNote.objects.create(user=user, **validated_data)
+        return note
+
+class PersonalNoteViewSet(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
+    serializer_class = PersonalNoteSerializer
+    # Link this back to the serializer class we made previously:
+    queryset = PersonalNote.objects.all()
+    # Next, add which records to search for.  We could use filters here, but for now, grab all of them:
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        user = self.request.user
+        if user.is_anonymous:
+            return PersonalNote.objects.none()
+        else:
+            return PersonalNote.objects.filter(user=user)
+
+    
diff --git a/notes/apps.py b/notes/apps.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6155aca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class NotesConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'notes'
diff --git a/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py b/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7fba6265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.1.4 on 2018-12-04 12:43
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import uuid
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Note',
+            fields=[
+                ('title', models.CharField(max_length=200)),
+                ('content', models.TextField(blank=True)),
+                ('id', models.UUIDField(default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False, primary_key=True, serialize=False)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/notes/migrations/0002_auto_20181204_2357.py b/notes/migrations/0002_auto_20181204_2357.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9086cd1d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/migrations/0002_auto_20181204_2357.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.1.4 on 2018-12-04 23:57
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+import django.utils.timezone
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+        ('notes', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='PersonalNote',
+            fields=[
+                ('note_ptr', models.OneToOneField(auto_created=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, parent_link=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, to='notes.Note')),
+                ('user', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+            bases=('notes.note',),
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='note',
+            name='created_at',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, default=django.utils.timezone.now),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='note',
+            name='last_modified',
+            field=models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/notes/migrations/__init__.py b/notes/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/notes/models.py b/notes/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..546748dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+from django.db import models
+from uuid import uuid4
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+class Note(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
+    content = models.TextField(blank=True)
+    id = models.UUIDField(primary_key=True, default=uuid4, editable=False)
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    last_modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
+
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return (f"Title: {self.title} Content: {self.content}")
+ 
+ # Inherits from Note!
+class PersonalNote(Note):  
+    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+
+# #What this is doing is importing Django’s built in user class model with
+# something called a _foreign key_ to create a reference to data on another table.
+# It works sort of like a pointer in C.
+# `on_delete=models.CASCADE` helps with the integrity of the data.  In relational
+# databases, one of the principles is to protect consistency.  There shouldn’t be
+# an item in one table that references the foreign key of something that has been
+# removed from another.  Check the readme in the repo for more info.
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diff --git a/notes/tests.py b/notes/tests.py
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+++ b/notes/tests.py
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+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/notes/views.py b/notes/views.py
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+++ b/notes/views.py
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+from django.shortcuts import render
+
+# Create your views here.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+dj-database-url==0.5.0
+Django==2.1.4
+django-cors-headers==2.4.0
+djangorestframework==3.9.0
+gunicorn==19.9.0
+psycopg2-binary==2.7.6.1
+python-decouple==3.1
+pytz==2018.7
+whitenoise==4.1.2