diff --git a/src/components/nav-view/nav-view.js b/src/components/nav-view/nav-view.js
index a3ccaad3e4..ac401f9926 100644
--- a/src/components/nav-view/nav-view.js
+++ b/src/components/nav-view/nav-view.js
@@ -1,21 +1,67 @@
+import {Component, Template, Inject, Parent, NgElement} from 'angular2/angular2'
+import {ComponentConfig} from 'ionic2/config/component-config'
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ion-nav',
+  bind: {
+  },
+  services: []
+})
+@Template({
+  inline: `<content></content>`
+})
 export class NavView {
+  constructor(@NgElement() element: NgElement) {
+    console.log('Nav View constructed')
 
-  // viewControllers: Stack<ViewController>;
-  //   visibleViewController: ViewController;
+    this._views = []
+  }
 
-  //   push(viewController) {
-  //     stack.push(viewController)
-  //   }
-  //   pop(viewController) {
-  //     stack.pop(viewController)
-  //   }
-  //   set viewControllers(v) {
-  //     this.viewControllers = v
-  //   }
+  /**
+   * Push a new view into the history stack.
+   *
+   * @param view the new view
+   * @param shouldAnimate whether to animate
+   */
+  push(view, shouldAnimate) {
+    this.views.push(view)
 
-  constructor() {
-    console.log('construct nav-view')
-    this.history = [] // <---- would be fancy pants
+    if(shouldAnimate) {
+      this.animateIn(view)
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Pop a view off the history
+   *
+   * @param shouldAnimate whether to animate
+   */
+  pop(shouldAnimate) {
+    last = stack.pop()
+
+    if(shouldAnimate) {
+      this.animateOut(last)
+    }
+
+    return last
+  }
+
+  get views() {
+    return this._views
+  }
+  /**
+   * Set the view stack explicitly.
+   */
+  set views(v) {
+    this._views = v
+  }
+
+  // Animate a new view *in*
+  _animateIn(view) {
+  }
+
+  // Animate an old view *out*
+  _animateOut(view) {
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/components/nav-view/nav-view.spec.js b/src/components/nav-view/nav-view.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.html b/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d267a2e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<ion-nav>
+</ion-nav>
diff --git a/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.js b/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee0651270d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/nav-view/test/basic/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import {bootstrap} from 'angular2/core';
+import {Component, Template} from 'angular2/angular2';
+import {NavView} from 'ionic2/components/nav-view/nav-view';
+
+@Component({ selector: '[ion-app]' })
+@Template({
+  directives: [NavView],
+  url: 'main.html'
+})
+class IonicApp {
+  constructor() {
+    console.log('IonicApp Start')
+  }
+}
+
+bootstrap(IonicApp)