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+# ease.js
+
+ease.js is (to be) a basic collection of CommonJS modules intended to
+"ease" the transition into JavaScript from other Object-Oriented languages. It
+provides an intuitive means of achieving classical inheritance and has planned
+support for interfaces, abstract classes and traits.
+
+**This project is still under development.**
+
+## Why ease.js?
+There are already plenty of other means of achieving each of this project's
+goals, so what's the point of ease.js? The aim of the project is to provide a
+lightweight library in a CommonJS format which also addresses ES5 issues and is
+an all-inclusive solution to OO techniques. It satisfies primarily a personal
+itch.