diff --git a/backend b/backend
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+++ b/backend
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+Subproject commit 1fc6e992ae12d84d6e3f8dfc67a18c9f2eca29ad
diff --git a/frontend/.babelrc b/frontend/.babelrc
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+{
+  "presets": [ "es2015", "react"],
+  "plugins": ["transform-object-rest-spread"]
+}
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diff --git a/frontend/.eslintrc b/frontend/.eslintrc
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+++ b/frontend/.eslintrc
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+{
+  "rules": {
+    "no-console": "off",
+    "indent": [ "error", 2 ],
+    "quotes": [ "error", "single" ],
+    "semi": ["error", "always"],
+    "linebreak-style": [ "error", "unix" ]
+  },
+  "env": {
+    "es6": true,
+    "node": true,
+    "mocha": true,
+    "jasmine": true
+  },
+  "ecmaFeatures": {
+    "modules": true,
+    "experimentalObjectRestSpread": true,
+    "impliedStrict": true
+  },
+  "extends": "eslint:recommended"
+}
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diff --git a/frontend/.gitignore b/frontend/.gitignore
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+++ b/frontend/.gitignore
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+node_modules
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diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
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+++ b/frontend/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "frontend",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC"
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/__test__/auth-reducer.test.js b/frontend/src/__test__/auth-reducer.test.js
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+++ b/frontend/src/__test__/auth-reducer.test.js
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+import authReducer from '../reducer/auth.js';
+
+describe('Auth Reducer', () => {
+  let state = {auth: '1234567890987654321'}
+
+  test('initial state should be null', () => {
+    let result = authReducer(undefined, {type: null});
+    expect(result).toEqual(null)
+  })
+
+  test('no action provided should return default state', () => {
+    let result = authReducer(state, {type: null});
+    expect(result).toEqual(state);
+  })
+
+  test('TOKEN_SET should return a token', () => {
+    let action = {
+      type: 'TOKEN_SET',
+      payload: 'sample token'
+    }
+
+    let result = authReducer({}, action);
+    expect(result).toBe(action.payload);
+  })
+
+  test('TOKEN_DELETE should return null', () => {
+    let result = authReducer(state, {type: 'TOKEN_DELETE'});
+    expect(result).toBe(null);
+  })
+})
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diff --git a/frontend/src/action/auth-actions.js b/frontend/src/action/auth-actions.js
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+++ b/frontend/src/action/auth-actions.js
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+import superagent from 'superagent';
+
+export const tokenSet = (token) => ({
+  type: 'TOKEN_SET',
+  payload: token
+})
+
+export const tokenDelete = () => ({
+  type: 'TOKEN_DELETE'
+})
+
+export const signupRequest = (user) => (dispatch) => {
+  return superagent.post(`${__API_URL__}/signup`)
+  .withCredentials()
+  .send(user)
+  .then( res => {
+    dispatch(tokenSet(res.text));
+
+    try {
+      localStorage.token = res.token;
+    } catch (err) {
+      console.log(err);
+    }
+    return res;
+  })
+}
+
+export const loginRequest = (user) => (dispatch) => {
+  return superagent.get(`${__API_URL__}/login`)
+  .withCredentials()
+  .auth(user.username, user.password)
+  .then( res => {
+    dispatch(tokenSet(res.text))
+    return res;
+  })
+}
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diff --git a/frontend/src/component/app/index.js b/frontend/src/component/app/index.js
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+++ b/frontend/src/component/app/index.js
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+import React from 'react';
+import {Provider} from 'react-redux';
+import {BrowserRouter, Route, Link} from 'react-router-dom';
+import appStoreCreate from '../../lib/app-create-store';
+import Landing from '../landing';
+
+let store = appStoreCreate();
+
+class App extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div className='slug'>
+        <Provider store={store}>
+          <BrowserRouter>
+            <section>
+              <header>
+                <h1>SLuGrAM</h1>
+                <nav>
+                  <ul>
+                    <li><Link to='/welcome/signup'>signup</Link></li>
+                    <li><Link to='/welcome/login'>login</Link></li>
+                  </ul>
+                </nav>
+              </header>
+              <Route path='/welcome/:auth' component={Landing} />
+            </section>
+          </BrowserRouter>
+        </Provider>
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+export default App;
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diff --git a/frontend/src/component/auth-form/index.js b/frontend/src/component/auth-form/index.js
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+++ b/frontend/src/component/auth-form/index.js
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+import React from 'react';
+import * as util from '../../lib/util.js';
+
+class AuthForm extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+
+    this.state ={
+      username: '',
+      password: '',
+      email: '',
+      usernameError: null,
+      passwordError: null,
+      emailError: null,
+      error: null
+    }
+
+    this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
+    this.handleSubmit = this.handleSubmit.bind(this);
+  }
+
+  handleChange(e) {
+    let {name, value} = e.target;
+
+    this.setState({
+      [name]: value,
+      usernameError: name === 'username' && !value ? 'username required' : null,
+      emailError: name === 'email' && !value ? 'email required' : null,
+      passwordError: name === 'password' && !value ? 'password required' : null
+    })
+  }
+
+  handleSubmit(e) {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    this.props.onComplete(this.state)
+    .then(() => {
+      this.setState({ username: '', email: '', password: ''})
+    })
+    .catch(error => {
+      console.error(error);
+      this.setState({error})
+    })
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <form
+        onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}
+        className='auth-form'>
+
+        {util.renderIf(this.props.auth === 'signup',
+          <input
+            type='text'
+            name='email'
+            placeholder='email'
+            value={this.state.email}
+            onChange={this.handleChange}
+          />
+        )}        
+
+        {util.renderIf(this.state.usernameError,
+          <span className='tooltip'>
+            {this.state.usernameError}
+          </span>
+        )}
+
+        <input
+          type='text'
+          name='username'
+          placeholder='username'
+          value={this.state.username}
+          onChange={this.handleChange}
+        />
+
+        {util.renderIf(this.state.passwordError,
+          <span className='tooltip'>
+            {this.state.passwordError}
+          </span>
+        )}
+
+        <input
+          type='password'
+          name='password'
+          placeholder='enter password'
+          value={this.state.password}
+          onChange={this.handleChange}
+        />
+
+        <button type='submit'>{this.props.auth}</button>
+      </form>
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+export default AuthForm;
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diff --git a/frontend/src/component/landing/index.js b/frontend/src/component/landing/index.js
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+import React from 'react';
+import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import AuthForm from '../auth-form';
+import * as util from '../../lib/util.js';
+import {signupRequest, loginRequest} from '../../action/auth-actions.js';
+
+class Landing extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    let {params} = this.props.match;
+
+    let handleComplete = params.auth === 'login'
+      ? this.props.login
+      : this.props.signup
+
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <AuthForm
+          auth={params.auth}
+          onComplete={handleComplete}
+        />
+      </div>
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+let mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch) => {
+  return {
+    signup: (user) => dispatch(signupRequest(user)),
+    login: (user) => dispatch(loginRequest(user))
+  }
+}
+
+export default connect(undefined, mapDispatchToProps)(Landing)
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diff --git a/frontend/src/index.html b/frontend/src/index.html
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+++ b/frontend/src/index.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <title>slugram</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <div id="root"></div>
+  </body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/app-create-store.js b/frontend/src/lib/app-create-store.js
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+++ b/frontend/src/lib/app-create-store.js
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+import reducer from '../reducer';
+import thunk from './redux-thunk.js';
+import reporter from './redux-reporter.js';
+import {createStore, applyMiddleware} from 'redux';
+
+let appStoreCreate = () =>
+  createStore(reducer, applyMiddleware(thunk, reporter))
+
+export default appStoreCreate;
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diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/redux-reporter.js b/frontend/src/lib/redux-reporter.js
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+++ b/frontend/src/lib/redux-reporter.js
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+let reporter = store => next => action => {
+  console.log('__ACTION__', action);
+
+  try {
+    let result = next(action);
+    console.log('__STATE__', store.getState());
+    return result;
+  } catch (error) {
+    error.action = action;
+    console.error('__ERROR__', error);
+    return error;
+  }
+}
+
+export default reporter;
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diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/redux-thunk.js b/frontend/src/lib/redux-thunk.js
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+++ b/frontend/src/lib/redux-thunk.js
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+export default store => next => action 
+  typeof action === 'function'
+  ? action(store.dispatch, store.getState)
+  : next(action)
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diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/util.js b/frontend/src/lib/util.js
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+++ b/frontend/src/lib/util.js
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+export const log = (...args) =>
+__DEBUG__ ? console.log(...args) : undefined;
+
+export const logError = (...args) =>
+__DEBUG__ ? console.error(...args) : undefined;
+
+export const renderIf = (test, component) => test ? component : undefined;
+
+export const classToggler = (options) =>
+Object.keys(options).filter(key => options[key]).join(' ');
+
+export const map = (list, ...args) =>
+Array.prototype.map.apply(list, args);
+
+export const filter = (list, ...args) =>
+Array.prototype.filter.apply(list, args);
+
+export const reduce = (list, ...args) =>
+Array.prototype.reduce.apply(list, args);
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diff --git a/frontend/src/main.js b/frontend/src/main.js
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+++ b/frontend/src/main.js
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+import React from 'react';
+import ReactDom from 'react-dom';
+import App from './component/app';
+
+ReactDom.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
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diff --git a/frontend/src/reducer/auth.js b/frontend/src/reducer/auth.js
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+++ b/frontend/src/reducer/auth.js
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+export default (state=null, action) => {
+  let {type, payload} = action;
+
+  switch (type) {
+    case 'TOKEN_SET':
+      return payload;
+    case 'TOKEN_DELETE':
+      return null
+    default:
+      return state;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/frontend/src/reducer/index.js b/frontend/src/reducer/index.js
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+import {combineReducers} from 'redux';
+import auth from './auth.js';
+
+export default combineReducers({
+  auth,
+})
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diff --git a/frontend/webpack.config.js b/frontend/webpack.config.js
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+++ b/frontend/webpack.config.js
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+'use strict';
+
+require('dotenv').config();
+const production = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
+
+const { DefinePlugin, EnvironmentPlugin } = require('webpack');
+const HtmlPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
+const CleanPlugin = require('clean-webpack-plugin');
+const UglifyPlugin = require('uglifyjs-webpack-plugin');
+const ExtractPlugin = require('extract-text-webpack-plugin');
+
+let plugins = [
+  new EnvironmentPlugin(['NODE_ENV']),
+  new ExtractPlugin('bundle-[hash].css'),
+  new HtmlPlugin({ template: `${__dirname}/src/index.html`}),
+  new DefinePlugin({
+    __DEBUG__: JSON.stringify(!production),
+    __API_URL__: JSON.stringify(process.env.API_URL)
+  })
+];
+
+if (production) {
+  plugins = plugins.concat([ new CleanPlugin(), new UglifyPlugin() ]);
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  plugins,
+  entry: `${__dirname}/src/main.js`,
+  devServer: {
+    historyApiFallback: true
+  },
+  devtool: production ? undefined : 'eval',
+  output: {
+    path: `${__dirname}/build`,
+    filename: 'bundle-[hash].js',
+    publicPath: process.env.CDN_URL
+  },
+  module: {
+    rules: [
+      {
+        test: /\.js$/,
+        exclude: /node_modules/,
+        loader: 'babel-loader'
+      },
+      {
+        test: /\.scss$/,
+        loader: ExtractPlugin.extract(['css-loader', 'sass-loader'])
+      },
+      {
+        test: /\.(woff|woff2|ttf|eot|glyph|\.svg)$/,
+        use: [
+          {
+            loader: 'url-loader',
+            options: {
+              limit: 10000,
+              name: 'font/[name].[ext]'
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        test: /\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|tiff|svg)$/,
+        exclude: /\.glyph.svg/,
+        use: [
+          {
+            loader: 'url-loader',
+            options: {
+              limit: 6000,
+              name: 'image/[name].[ext]'
+            },
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      {
+        test: /\.(mp3|aac|aiff|wav|flac|m4a|mp4|ogg)$/,
+        exclude: /\.glyph.svg/,
+        use: [
+          {
+            loader: 'file-loader',
+            options: { name: 'audio/[name].[ext]' }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+};
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