diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+*~
+
 # ---> Python
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
-# eva
-
-A simple tool for on- and ofboarding in a mid sized organisation.
- 
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+# eva
+
+A simple tool for on- and offboarding people in a mid sized organisation.
+
+"EVA" is an german acronym for "Eintritt, Veränderung, Austritt",
+meaning "Onboarding, Change, Offboarding"
+
+# development
+
+- set up a virtual environment with mkvirtualenv or some other
+environment managing tool
+
+- use this environment
+
+- clone this repository
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diff --git a/eva/__init__.py b/eva/__init__.py
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/eva/asgi.py b/eva/asgi.py
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+++ b/eva/asgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+ASGI config for eva project.
+
+It exposes the ASGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/deployment/asgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'eva.settings')
+
+application = get_asgi_application()
diff --git a/eva/settings.py b/eva/settings.py
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+++ b/eva/settings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+"""
+Django settings for eva project.
+
+Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 3.1.4.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/settings/
+
+For the full list of settings and their values, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+# Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
+# See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/deployment/checklist/
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
+SECRET_KEY = 'g%+i6+gkwt3zz@+k-5x1dtstuw4)&qd$lxd^bt2oswy5e1#dul'
+
+# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
+DEBUG = True
+
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
+
+
+# Application definition
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    'django.contrib.admin',
+    'django.contrib.auth',
+    'django.contrib.contenttypes',
+    'django.contrib.sessions',
+    'django.contrib.messages',
+    'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
+    'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
+    'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = 'eva.urls'
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
+        'DIRS': [],
+        'APP_DIRS': True,
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'context_processors': [
+                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
+                'django.template.context_processors.request',
+                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
+                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = 'eva.wsgi.application'
+
+
+# Database
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/#databases
+
+DATABASES = {
+    'default': {
+        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
+        'NAME': BASE_DIR / 'db.sqlite3',
+    }
+}
+
+
+# Password validation
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
+
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
+    },
+    {
+        'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
+    },
+]
+
+
+# Internationalization
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/i18n/
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
+
+USE_I18N = True
+
+USE_L10N = True
+
+USE_TZ = True
+
+
+# Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/static-files/
+
+STATIC_URL = '/static/'
diff --git a/eva/urls.py b/eva/urls.py
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index 0000000..55ec625
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+++ b/eva/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""eva URL Configuration
+
+The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
+    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/topics/http/urls/
+Examples:
+Function views
+    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
+Class-based views
+    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
+Including another URLconf
+    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
+    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
+"""
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+]
diff --git a/eva/wsgi.py b/eva/wsgi.py
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/eva/wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""
+WSGI config for eva project.
+
+It exposes the WSGI callable as a module-level variable named ``application``.
+
+For more information on this file, see
+https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/deployment/wsgi/
+"""
+
+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'eva.settings')
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
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+++ b/manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Run administrative tasks."""
+    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'eva.settings')
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Are you sure it's installed and "
+            "available on your PYTHONPATH environment variable? Did you "
+            "forget to activate a virtual environment?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()