diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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 # TernJS port file
 .tern-port
+
+# VS Code settings
+.vscode
diff --git a/.prettierrc b/.prettierrc
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+{
+  "bracketSpacing": false,
+  "singleQuote": true,
+  "printWidth": 80,
+  "trailingComma": "all"
+}
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+The MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2019 Nicolò Carpignoli, nicolocarpignoli@gmail.com
+
+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/README.md b/README.md
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+# AR.js Studio Backend
+
+## Introduction
+
+This project provides general functionality for the AR.js Studio Frontend, e.g. barcode/matrix code generation,
+pattern image generation etc. It is a separate project in order to be able to maintain functionality that is
+independent from the concrete frontend implementation.
+
+## Developing
+
+For maintaining a consistent code style while developing, please use Visual Studio Code with the Pretter plugin
+installed.
+
+To run the internal test suite, execute `npm run test`.