diff --git a/dist/example-def.d.ts b/dist/example-def.d.ts
index 99665a5..5dcc692 100644
--- a/dist/example-def.d.ts
+++ b/dist/example-def.d.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-import { SystemDef } from './processDef';
+import { SystemDef } from './systemGenService';
 declare let def: SystemDef;
 export default def;
diff --git a/dist/example-def.js b/dist/example-def.js
index d636eca..117c302 100644
--- a/dist/example-def.js
+++ b/dist/example-def.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 Object.defineProperty(exports, "__esModule", { value: true });
 var def = {
+    name: 'Todo',
     storage: {
         tables: [
             {
diff --git a/dist/processDef.js b/dist/processDef.js
index a0998c4..6aa31c9 100644
--- a/dist/processDef.js
+++ b/dist/processDef.js
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ function dateString() {
 }
 function writeMigrationsToFile(migrations) {
     var migrationFileContents = "\n--up\n" + migrations.up.join('\n') + "\n--down\n" + migrations.down.join('\n') + "\n  ";
-    var migrationFilePath = path.join(__dirname, outDir, 'src', 'migrationJobs', dateString() + "-create-database.sql");
+    var migrationFilePath = path.join(process.cwd(), outDir, 'src', 'migrationJobs', dateString() + "-create-database.sql");
     fs.writeFileSync(migrationFilePath, migrationFileContents);
 }
-ncp(path.join(__dirname, 'frame'), path.join(__dirname, outDir), function (err) {
+ncp(path.join(process.cwd(), 'frame'), path.join(process.cwd(), outDir), function (err) {
     if (err) {
         console.log(err);
     }
diff --git a/frame/src/app.ts b/frame/src/app.ts
index 569425e..84c2746 100644
--- a/frame/src/app.ts
+++ b/frame/src/app.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')));
 
 app.use('/', indexRouter);
 app.use('/api/v1/users', usersRouter);
-
 // SYSTEM-BUILDER-app.use
 
 
diff --git a/frame/src/components/{{component}}/{{component}}Service.ets b/frame/src/components/{{component}}/{{component}}Service.ets
index dce277d..37c0669 100644
--- a/frame/src/components/{{component}}/{{component}}Service.ets
+++ b/frame/src/components/{{component}}/{{component}}Service.ets
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { db } from '../../databases';
-import { {{Component}}Mapper } from './componentMapper';
+import { {{Component}}Mapper } from './{{component}}Mapper';
 
 class {{Component}}Service {
   private {{component}}Mapper = new {{Component}}Mapper(db);
diff --git a/frame/src/initializeServices.ts b/frame/src/initializeServices.ts
index bab07ad..cb446b0 100644
--- a/frame/src/initializeServices.ts
+++ b/frame/src/initializeServices.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import { userService } from './components/users/userService';
-
 // SYSTEM-BUILDER-initialize-import
 
+
 import { altitude } from './databases';
 
 const appReady = altitude.runMigrations().then(() => {
   let servicesPromise = [
     userService.initialize(),
-
     // SYSTEM-BUILDER-initialize-service
+
   ];
   return Promise.all(servicesPromise);
 });
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 77e74ab..4b2623a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "path": "^0.12.7"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "rm -rf dist && tsc && cp -r frame dist/ && node dist/processDef.js"
+    "start": "rm -rf dist && tsc && cp -r frame dist/ && cd dist && node index.js"
   },
   "name": "system-builder",
   "version": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/src/database/database-creator.ts b/src/database/database-creator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43c4a00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/database/database-creator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import {
+  SystemDef,
+  StorageDef,
+  ViewDef,
+  Order,
+  Filter,
+  TableDef,
+  ColumnDef,
+  BelongsToDef,
+  ManyToManyDef
+} from '../systemGenService';
+
+let outDir = 'test';
+
+export function createDatabase(storageDef: StorageDef) {
+  let tableCreationQueries: string[] = [];
+  let tableDeletionQueries: string[] = [];
+  for (let i in storageDef.tables) {
+    tableCreationQueries.push(getTableCreationString(storageDef.tables[i]));
+    tableDeletionQueries.push(getTableDeletionString(storageDef.tables[i]));
+  }
+  for (let i in storageDef.relations) {
+    tableCreationQueries.push(getTableRelationsCreationString(storageDef.relations[i]));
+    tableDeletionQueries.push(getTableRelationsDeletionString(storageDef.relations[i]))
+  }
+  tableCreationQueries.map((query: string) => {
+    console.log(query);
+  });
+
+  tableDeletionQueries.map((query: string) => {
+    console.log(query);
+  });
+
+  return {
+    up: tableCreationQueries,
+    down: tableDeletionQueries,
+  };
+}
+
+function getTableCreationString(tableDef: TableDef): string {
+  let primaryKeyString: string = `${tableDef.name}_id VARCHAR(36) PRIMARY KEY`;
+  let columnString: string = `${primaryKeyString}`;
+  let defaultColumns: string = `created DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(), modified DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW()`
+  let indexString: string = ``;
+
+  // columns
+  for (let i in tableDef.columns) {
+    let column: ColumnDef = tableDef.columns[i];
+    columnString = `${columnString}, ${createColumnString(column)}`;
+  }
+
+  // relations
+  for (let i in tableDef.relations) {
+    let relation: BelongsToDef = tableDef.relations[i];
+    columnString = `${columnString}, ${relation.table}_id VARCHAR(36)`;
+  }
+
+  // default created & modified
+  columnString = `${columnString}, ${defaultColumns}`;
+
+  return `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ${tableDef.name} (${columnString}${indexString !== '' ? ', ' + indexString : ''});`;
+}
+
+function getTableRelationsCreationString(relationsDef: ManyToManyDef): string {
+  let columnString: string = `${relationsDef.left}_id VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL, ${relationsDef.right}_id VARCHAR(36) NOT NULL`;
+  let indexString: string = `INDEX ${relationsDef.left}_id_index (${relationsDef.left}_id), INDEX ${relationsDef.right}_id_index (${relationsDef.right}_id)`;
+
+  if (relationsDef.columns && relationsDef.columns.length) {
+    for (let i in relationsDef.columns) {
+      let column: ColumnDef = relationsDef.columns[i];
+      columnString = `${columnString}, ${createColumnString(column)}`;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ${relationsDef.left}_${relationsDef.right} (${columnString}${indexString !== '' ? ', ' + indexString : ''});`;
+}
+
+function createColumnString(column: ColumnDef) {
+  const typeMap: {[type: string]: string} = {
+    "blob": "BLOB",
+    "boolean": "BOOLEAN",
+    "date": "DATE",
+    "dateTIME": "DATETIME",
+    "number": "INT",
+    "string": "VARCHAR(255)",
+  };
+
+  return `${column.name} ${typeMap[column.type]}${column.nullable ? '' : ' NOT NULL'}${column.default ? ' DEFAULT ' + column.default : ''}${column.autoIncrement ? ' AUTO_INCREMENT' : ''}${column.unique ? ' UNIQUE' : ''}`;
+}
+
+function getTableDeletionString(tableDef: TableDef): string {
+  return `DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${tableDef.name};`
+}
+
+function getTableRelationsDeletionString(relationsDef: ManyToManyDef) : string {
+  return `DROP TABLE IF EXISTS ${relationsDef.left}_${relationsDef.right};`
+}
+
+function dateString() {
+  let date = new Date();
+  return `${date.getFullYear()}${date.getMonth() + 1}${date.getDate()}`;
+}
+
+export function writeMigrationsToFile(migrations: {up: string[], down: string[]}, outDir: string) {
+  let migrationFileContents = `
+--up
+${migrations.up.join('\n')}
+--down
+${migrations.down.join('\n')}
+  `;
+  let migrationFilePath = path.join(process.cwd(), outDir, 'src', 'migrationJobs', `${dateString()}-create-database.sql`);
+  fs.writeFileSync(migrationFilePath, migrationFileContents);
+}
diff --git a/src/example-def.ts b/src/example-def.ts
index b3d698b..542e53e 100644
--- a/src/example-def.ts
+++ b/src/example-def.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { SystemDef } from './processDef';
+import { SystemDef } from './systemGenService';
 
 let def: SystemDef = {
+  name: 'Todo',
   storage: {
     tables: [
       {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..433be0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+
+import { systemGenService } from './systemGenService';
+
+import defs from './example-def';
+// import simmer from './simmer-def-example';
+
+
+systemGenService.runSysGen(defs);
diff --git a/src/processDef.ts b/src/processDef.ts
index 5c834f9..d30e6da 100644
--- a/src/processDef.ts
+++ b/src/processDef.ts
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ ${migrations.up.join('\n')}
 --down
 ${migrations.down.join('\n')}
   `;
-  let migrationFilePath = path.join(__dirname, outDir, 'src', 'migrationJobs', `${dateString()}-create-database.sql`);
+  let migrationFilePath = path.join(process.cwd(), outDir, 'src', 'migrationJobs', `${dateString()}-create-database.sql`);
   fs.writeFileSync(migrationFilePath, migrationFileContents);
 }
 
 
-ncp(path.join(__dirname, 'frame'), path.join(__dirname, outDir), (err: any) => {
+ncp(path.join(process.cwd(), 'frame'), path.join(process.cwd(), outDir), (err: any) => {
   if (err) {
     console.log(err);
   } else {
diff --git a/src/systemGenService.ts b/src/systemGenService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a54ae17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/systemGenService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import * as path from 'path';
+const ncp = require('ncp').ncp;
+import { createDatabase, writeMigrationsToFile } from './database/database-creator';
+import { createViews } from './views/views-creator';
+
+class SystemGenService {
+
+  public runSysGen(defs: SystemDef) {
+    ncp(path.join(process.cwd(), 'frame'), path.join(process.cwd(), defs.name), (err: any) => {
+      if (err) {
+        console.log(err);
+      } else {
+        console.log('success copying files');
+        this.buildDatabase(defs.storage, defs.name);
+        this.buildViews(defs, defs.name);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  public buildDatabase(storage: StorageDef, outDir: string) {
+    let creationMigrations = createDatabase(storage);
+    writeMigrationsToFile(creationMigrations, outDir);
+  }
+
+  public buildViews(systemDef: SystemDef, outDir: string) {
+    createViews(systemDef);
+  }
+}
+
+const systemGenService = new SystemGenService();
+
+
+interface SystemDef {
+  name: string;
+  storage: StorageDef;
+  views: ViewDef[];
+  // TODO: add Views, ACLs, Behaviors, UX
+}
+
+interface StorageDef {
+  tables: TableDef[];
+  relations: ManyToManyDef[];
+}
+
+interface ViewDef {
+  component: string;
+  type: ('list' | 'count' | 'item' | 'distinct')[];
+  columns: string[];
+  orderBy?: Order[];
+  filters?: Filter[];
+  // if type is 'list' it will always include skip and limit for pagination
+}
+
+interface Order {
+  column: string;
+  direction: 'asc' | 'desc';
+}
+
+interface Filter {
+  param: string; // the query param used to get the value
+  column: string;
+  comparison: '=' | '!=' | '>' | '<' | 'contains';
+  value?: string;
+  required?: boolean;
+}
+
+interface TableDef {
+  name: string;
+  columns: ColumnDef[],
+  relations: BelongsToDef[],
+}
+
+interface ColumnDef {
+  name: string;
+  type: "blob" | "boolean" | "date" | "dateTIME" | "number" | "string";
+  nullable: boolean;
+  unique?: boolean;
+  autoIncrement?: boolean;
+  default?: string;
+}
+
+interface BelongsToDef {
+  type: 'belongs-to';
+  table: string;
+}
+
+interface ManyToManyDef {
+  left: string;
+  relation: 'many-to-many';
+  right: string;
+  columns?: ColumnDef[];
+}
+
+export {
+  SystemDef,
+  StorageDef,
+  ViewDef,
+  Order,
+  Filter,
+  TableDef,
+  ColumnDef,
+  BelongsToDef,
+  ManyToManyDef,
+  systemGenService
+}
diff --git a/src/views/views-creator.ts b/src/views/views-creator.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fa26e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/views/views-creator.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import {
+  SystemDef,
+  ViewDef
+} from '../systemGenService';
+import * as path from 'path';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+
+const ncp = require('ncp').ncp;
+
+
+export function createViews(systemDef: SystemDef) {
+  let viewsPromises = [];
+  for (let i in systemDef.views) {
+    viewsPromises.push(createComponent(systemDef.views[i], systemDef.name));
+  }
+  return Promise.all(viewsPromises);
+}
+
+function createComponent(view: ViewDef, outDir: string) {
+  let componentPromise = new Promise((componentResolve, componentReject) => {
+    ncp(path.join(process.cwd(), 'frame', 'src', 'components', '{{component}}'), path.join(process.cwd(), outDir, 'src', 'components', view.component), (err: any) => {
+      if (err) {
+        console.log(err);
+      } else {
+        let mapperPromise = initializeComponentFile(path.join(process.cwd(), outDir, 'src', 'components', view.component, '{{component}}Mapper.ets'), path.join(process.cwd(), outDir, 'src', 'components', view.component, `${view.component}Mapper.ts`), view.component, outDir);
+        let routesPromise = initializeComponentFile(path.join(process.cwd(), outDir, 'src', 'components', view.component, '{{component}}Routes.ets'), path.join(process.cwd(), outDir, 'src', 'components', view.component, `${view.component}Routes.ts`), view.component, outDir);
+        addInitializeRoutesCode(view.component, outDir);
+        let serviceFileLocation: string = path.join(process.cwd(), outDir, 'src', 'components', view.component, `${view.component}Service.ts`);
+        let servicePromise = initializeComponentFile(path.join(process.cwd(), outDir, 'src', 'components', view.component, '{{component}}Service.ets'), serviceFileLocation, view.component, outDir);
+        addInitializeServiceCode(view.component, outDir);
+        Promise.all([mapperPromise, routesPromise, servicePromise]).then(() => {
+          console.log(`success creating component ${view.component}`);
+          componentResolve();
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  });
+  return componentPromise;
+}
+
+function initializeComponentFile(sourceFile: string, destinationFile: string, component: string, outDir: string) {
+  let filePromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    fs.rename(sourceFile, destinationFile, (err: any) => {
+      let fileContents = fs.readFileSync(destinationFile, 'utf8');
+      var uppercaseFirstLetterComponentName = uppercaseFirstLetter(component);
+      var lowercaseFirstLetterComponentName = lowercaseFirstLetter(component);
+      let newFileContents = fileContents.split('{{Component}}').join(uppercaseFirstLetterComponentName);
+      newFileContents = newFileContents.split('{{component}}').join(lowercaseFirstLetterComponentName);
+      fs.writeFileSync(destinationFile, newFileContents, 'utf8');
+      resolve();
+    });
+  });
+  return filePromise
+}
+
+function addInitializeServiceCode(component: string, outDir: string) {
+  let fileLocation = path.join(process.cwd(), outDir, 'src', 'initializeServices.ts');
+  let initServicesFile: string = fs.readFileSync(fileLocation, 'utf8');
+  let parts = initServicesFile.split('// SYSTEM-BUILDER-initialize-import');
+  parts[0] = parts[0] + `import { ${component}Service } from './components/${component}/${component}Service';
+`;
+  let newServicesFile = parts.join('// SYSTEM-BUILDER-initialize-import');
+  parts = newServicesFile.split('// SYSTEM-BUILDER-initialize-service');
+  parts[0] = parts[0] + `${component}Service.initialize(),
+`;
+  newServicesFile = parts.join('    // SYSTEM-BUILDER-initialize-service');
+  fs.writeFileSync(fileLocation, newServicesFile, 'utf8');
+}
+
+function addInitializeRoutesCode(component: string, outDir: string) {
+  let fileLocation = path.join(process.cwd(), outDir, 'src', 'app.ts');
+  let initRoutesFile: string = fs.readFileSync(fileLocation, 'utf8');
+  let parts = initRoutesFile.split('// SYSTEM-BUILDER-router.require');
+  parts[0] = parts[0] + `var ${component}Router = require('./components/${component}/${component}Routes');
+`;
+  let newRoutesFile = parts.join('// SYSTEM-BUILDER-router.require');
+  parts = newRoutesFile.split('// SYSTEM-BUILDER-app.use');
+  parts[0] = parts[0] + `app.use('/api/v1/${component}', ${component}Router);
+`;
+  newRoutesFile = parts.join('// SYSTEM-BUILDER-app.use');
+  fs.writeFileSync(fileLocation, newRoutesFile, 'utf8');
+}
+
+function uppercaseFirstLetter(input: string)
+{
+    return input.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + input.slice(1);
+}
+
+function lowercaseFirstLetter(input: string)
+{
+    return input.charAt(0).toLowerCase() + input.slice(1);
+}