diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+
+node_modules/
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
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+++ b/index.js
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+var _ = require('lodash');
+var _chalk = require('chalk');
+var salutations = require('./lib/salutations');
+var logger = require('./lib/logger');
+
+console.log(_chalk.blue('Hello world!'));
+
+_.each(salutations, function(salutation) {
+	logger.log(salutation);
+});
+
diff --git a/lib/logger.js b/lib/logger.js
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+ 
+var logger = {
+	log: function(message, type) {
+		if (type = "true") {
+			console.log(_chalk.blue(message + "logged at info level"));
+		} else if (type = "false") {
+			console.log(_chalk.yellow(message + "logged at warning level"));
+		} else if (type = "error") {
+			console.log(_chalk.red(message + "logged at error level"));
+	}}
+};
+
+module.exports = logger;
diff --git a/lib/salutations.json b/lib/salutations.json
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+++ b/lib/salutations.json
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+{
+	"en": "hello world",
+	"es": "hola mundo"
+}
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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
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+{
+  "name": "assignment_node_hello_world",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "lockfileVersion": 1,
+  "requires": true,
+  "dependencies": {
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+      "requires": {
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+      }
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+    },
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+      "version": "1.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/escape-string-regexp/-/escape-string-regexp-1.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-G2HAViGQqN/2rjuyzwIAyhMLhtQ="
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/has-flag/-/has-flag-3.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-tdRU3CGZriJWmfNGfloH87lVuv0="
+    },
+    "lodash": {
+      "version": "4.17.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UejweD1pDoXu+AD825lWwp4ZGtSwgnpZxb3JDViD7StjQz+Nb/6l093lx4OQ0foGWNRoc19mWy7BzL+UAK2iVg=="
+    },
+    "supports-color": {
+      "version": "5.4.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.4.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-zjaXglF5nnWpsq470jSv6P9DwPvgLkuapYmfDm3JWOm0vkNTVF2tI4UrN2r6jH1qM/uc/WtxYY1hYoA2dOKj5w==",
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+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "assignment_node_hello_world",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "assignment node hello world",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/bpgallagher/assignment_node_hello_world.git"
+  },
+  "author": "B",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/bpgallagher/assignment_node_hello_world/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/bpgallagher/assignment_node_hello_world#readme",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "chalk": "^2.4.1",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.10"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/salutations.json b/salutations.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/salutations.json
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+{
+	"en": "hello world",
+	"es": "hola mundo"
+}
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