diff --git a/hamming.cabal b/hamming.cabal
index eb431a0..40d4dd4 100644
--- a/hamming.cabal
+++ b/hamming.cabal
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ library
       Hamming
       Hamming.App
       Hamming.App.Types
+      Hamming.App.Widgets
+      Hamming.App.Widgets.Internal
   other-modules:
       Paths_hamming
   autogen-modules:
diff --git a/src/Hamming/App.hs b/src/Hamming/App.hs
index 79b165e..02328e0 100644
--- a/src/Hamming/App.hs
+++ b/src/Hamming/App.hs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import Brick.Widgets.Core (emptyWidget)
 
 import Hamming.App.Types
 
-mainApp :: App AppState () ()
+mainApp :: App AppState () ResName
 mainApp = App
   { appDraw         = drawFunc
   , appChooseCursor = neverShowCursor
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ mainApp = App
   , appAttrMap      = const $ forceAttrMap $ style 0
   }
 
-drawFunc :: AppState -> [Widget ()]
+drawFunc :: AppState -> [Widget ResName]
 drawFunc = const [emptyWidget]
 
-eventHandler :: BrickEvent () () -> EventM () AppState ()
+eventHandler
+  :: BrickEvent ResName ()
+  -> EventM ResName AppState ()
 eventHandler = const halt
 
 --jl
diff --git a/src/Hamming/App/Types.hs b/src/Hamming/App/Types.hs
index bdd725e..d34ded7 100644
--- a/src/Hamming/App/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Hamming/App/Types.hs
@@ -27,9 +27,14 @@ License along with this program.  If not, see
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
 
 module Hamming.App.Types (
+  -- * Application State
   AppState (..),
+  -- ** Lenses
   hammingCode,
-  initialState
+  -- * Resource Name
+  ResName,
+  -- * Constructors
+  initialState,
   ) where
 
 import Data.Word (Word16)
@@ -40,6 +45,8 @@ data AppState = AppState
   { _hammingCode :: Word16
   }
 
+type ResName = ()
+
 makeLenses ''AppState
 
 -- | Initial application state
diff --git a/src/Hamming/App/Widgets.hs b/src/Hamming/App/Widgets.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..985489f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Hamming/App/Widgets.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{-|
+
+Module      : Hamming.App.Widgets
+Description : Utilities for working with Hamming codes
+Copyright   : (C) Jonathan Lamothe
+License     : AGPL-3.0-or-later
+Maintainer  : jonathan@jlamothe.net
+Stability   : experimental
+Portability : POSIX
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
+License along with this program.  If not, see
+<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+|-}
+
+module Hamming.App.Widgets (hammingW) where
+
+import Brick.AttrMap (attrName)
+import Brick.Types (Widget)
+import Brick.Widgets.Core (hBox, str, vBox, withAttr)
+
+import Hamming.App.Types
+import Hamming.App.Widgets.Internal
+
+-- | generates a "Widget" from a hamming code
+hammingW
+  :: AppState
+  -> Widget ResName
+hammingW = withAttr (attrName "hamming")
+  . vBox
+  . map
+    ( hBox
+      . map
+        ( \(ns, v) -> foldr
+          (withAttr . attrName)
+          (str v)
+          ns
+        )
+    )
+  . hammingW'
+      
+--jl
diff --git a/src/Hamming/App/Widgets/Internal.hs b/src/Hamming/App/Widgets/Internal.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d05fe02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Hamming/App/Widgets/Internal.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{-|
+
+Module      : Hamming.App.Widgets.Internal
+Description : Utilities for working with Hamming codes
+Copyright   : (C) Jonathan Lamothe
+License     : AGPL-3.0-or-later
+Maintainer  : jonathan@jlamothe.net
+Stability   : experimental
+Portability : POSIX
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
+License along with this program.  If not, see
+<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+|-}
+
+module Hamming.App.Widgets.Internal (hammingW') where
+
+import Hamming.App.Types
+
+hammingW' :: AppState -> [[([String], String)]]
+hammingW' = undefined
+
+--jl