diff --git a/common/component.ts b/common/component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..351d8f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { Config } from "./config";
+
+export default class Component {
+  readonly config: Config;
+
+  constructor(config: Config) {
+    this.config = config;
+  }
+
+  log(message: string) {
+    if (this.config.debug) {
+      console.log(this.config.browserName + ': ' + message);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/common/config.ts b/common/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cbebb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+export interface Config {
+  debug: boolean;
+  browserName: string;
+};
diff --git a/split-views/index.ts b/split-views/index.ts
index 139597f..aae81c5 100644
--- a/split-views/index.ts
+++ b/split-views/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,40 @@
 
+import Component from '../common/component';
+import { SplitViewConfig, SplitView } from './types';
+
+class SplitViewsBase extends Component {
+  data: SplitView[];
+  currentView: number;
+
+  constructor(config: SplitViewConfig) {
+    super(config);
+    this.data = [];
+    this.currentView = -1;
+    this.addEventListeners();
+    this.log('SplitViewsBase initialized');
+  }
+
+  addEventListeners() {
+    // Add event listeners here like TabClose, TabOpen, etc.
+  }
+
+  public get isActivated() {
+    return this.currentView !== -1;
+  }
+
+  get activeView() {
+    if (!this.isActivated) {
+      throw new Error('No active view');
+    }
+    return this.data[this.currentView];
+  }
+}
+
+// Public API exposed by the module
+export class gSplitViews extends SplitViewsBase {
+  constructor(config: SplitViewConfig) {
+    super(config);
+  }
+
 
+};
diff --git a/split-views/types.ts b/split-views/types.ts
index 2c91c24..733f7f1 100644
--- a/split-views/types.ts
+++ b/split-views/types.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
+import { Config } from "../common/config";
 
-type SplitType = 'horizontal' | 'vertical' | 'grid';
+export type SplitType = 'horizontal' | 'vertical' | 'grid';
 
-interface Config {
+export interface SplitViewConfig extends Config {
   keyIndicator: string; // e.g. "split-tab='true'"
   defaultSplitView: SplitType;
 };
 
-type Tab = any;
+export type Tab = HTMLDivElement;
 
-interface SplitView {
+export interface SplitView {
   type: SplitType;
   tabs: Tab[];
 };