diff --git a/starting_points/elm/.gitignore b/starting_points/elm/.gitignore
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+elm-stuff/
diff --git a/starting_points/elm/GameOfLife.elm b/starting_points/elm/GameOfLife.elm
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+module GameOfLife exposing (..)
+
+import Html exposing (Html, Attribute, button, div, text, table, tr, td)
+
+
+main =
+    Html.beginnerProgram
+        { model = model
+        , view = view
+        , update = update
+        }
+
+
+
+-- MODEL
+
+
+type alias Model =
+    {}
+
+
+model : Model
+model =
+    {}
+
+
+
+-- UPDATE
+
+
+type Msg
+    = Nop
+
+
+update : Msg -> Model -> Model
+update msg model =
+    case msg of
+        Nop ->
+            model
+
+
+
+-- VIEW
+
+
+view : Model -> Html Msg
+view model =
+    div []
+        [ div [] [ text "Conway's Game of Life" ]
+        ]
diff --git a/starting_points/elm/README.md b/starting_points/elm/README.md
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+## ELM Starting Point
+
+All you ever wanted to know about ELM at http://elm-lang.org/
+
+More references
+- http://elm-lang.org/docs/syntax
+- http://package.elm-lang.org/packages/elm-community/elm-test/latest
+- http://package.elm-lang.org/
+
+### Installing ELM
+
+```
+npm install -g elm
+npm install -g elm-test
+```
+More options at https://guide.elm-lang.org/get_started.html
+
+### Running and Testing
+
+Preparing
+```
+elm-package install -y
+pushd tests && elm-package install -y && popd
+```
+
+Running tests
+```
+elm-test
+```
+
+Running the application
+```
+elm reactor
+```
+Then open your favorite browser, probably at http://localhost:8000/
+
+### Atom
+
+```
+apm install language-elm
+```
+
+You might appreciate code formatting, via https://github.com/avh4/elm-format
+```
+apm install elm-format
+```
+
+More details and options at https://boonofcode.svbtle.com/setting-up-an-atom-elm-dev-environment
diff --git a/starting_points/elm/elm-package.json b/starting_points/elm/elm-package.json
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+{
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "summary": "Conway's Game of Life",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/frawa/coderetreat.git",
+    "license": "BSD3",
+    "source-directories": [
+        "."
+    ],
+    "exposed-modules": [],
+    "dependencies": {
+        "elm-community/elm-test": "3.1.0 <= v < 4.0.0",
+        "elm-lang/core": "5.0.0 <= v < 6.0.0",
+        "elm-lang/html": "2.0.0 <= v < 3.0.0"
+    },
+    "elm-version": "0.18.0 <= v < 0.19.0"
+}
diff --git a/starting_points/elm/tests/Main.elm b/starting_points/elm/tests/Main.elm
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+port module Main exposing (..)
+
+import Tests
+import Test.Runner.Node exposing (run)
+import Json.Encode exposing (Value)
+
+
+main : Test.Runner.Node.TestProgram
+main =
+    run emit Tests.all
+
+
+port emit : ( String, Value ) -> Cmd msg
diff --git a/starting_points/elm/tests/Tests.elm b/starting_points/elm/tests/Tests.elm
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+module Tests exposing (..)
+
+import Test exposing (..)
+import Expect
+import GameOfLife exposing (..)
+
+
+all : Test
+all =
+    describe "Let's get going"
+        [ test "red" <|
+            \() ->
+                Expect.equal True False
+        ]
diff --git a/starting_points/elm/tests/elm-package.json b/starting_points/elm/tests/elm-package.json
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+{
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "summary": "Test Conway's Game of Live",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/frawa/coderetreat.git",
+    "license": "BSD3",
+    "source-directories": [
+        ".",
+        ".."
+    ],
+    "exposed-modules": [],
+    "dependencies": {
+        "elm-lang/core": "4.0.0 <= v < 5.0.0",
+        "elm-lang/html": "1.1.0 <= v < 2.0.0",
+        "elm-community/elm-test": "2.0.0 <= v < 3.0.0",
+        "rtfeldman/node-test-runner": "2.0.0 <= v < 3.0.0"
+    },
+    "elm-version": "0.17.0 <= v < 0.18.0"
+}