diff --git a/attr.built.no-oldie.js b/attr.built.no-oldie.js
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+++ b/attr.built.no-oldie.js
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+
+define('lib/attr.getters',['require','exports','module'],function(require, get){
+
+    get['class'] = function(){
+        return this.getAttribute('class') || this.className
+    }
+
+    get['for'] = function(){
+        return ('htmlFor' in this) ? this.htmlFor : this.getAttribute('for')
+    }
+
+    get.href = function(){
+        return ('href' in this) ? this.getAttribute('href', 2) : this.getAttribute('href')
+    }
+
+    get.style = function(){
+        return (this.style) ? this.style.cssText : this.getAttribute('style')
+    }
+
+    get.type = function(){
+        return this.getAttribute('type')
+    }
+
+    get.tabindex = function(){
+        var attributeNode = this.getAttributeNode('tabindex')
+        return (attributeNode && attributeNode.specified) ? attributeNode.nodeValue : null
+    }
+
+    get.maxlength =
+    get.maxLength = function(){
+        var attributeNode = this.getAttributeNode('maxLength')
+        return (attributeNode && attributeNode.specified) ? attributeNode.nodeValue : null
+    }
+    
+})
+
+define('lib/attr',['require','exports','module','./attr.has','./attr.getters'],function(require, attr){
+
+        var has = require('./attr.has')
+    
+    var getters = require('./attr.getters') || {}
+
+    attr.define = function(name, fn){
+        getters[name] = fn
+        return this
+    }
+
+    attr.lookup = function(name){
+        return getters[name]
+    }
+
+    true
+    ?
+    attr.has = function(node, attribute){
+        return node.hasAttribute(attribute)
+    }
+    :
+    attr.has = function(node, attribute){
+        // IE6-7 (at least) doesn't implement hasAttribute
+        node = node.getAttributeNode(attribute)
+        return !!(node && (node.specified || node.nodeValue))
+    }
+
+    true
+    ?
+    attr.get = function(node, attribute){
+        var getter = getters[attribute]
+        if (getter) return getter.call(node, attribute)
+            return node.getAttribute(name)
+    }
+    :
+    attr.get = function(node, attribute){
+        // in IE6-7, if a form has an input of id x, form.getAttribute(x) returns a reference to the input
+        var getter = this.getters[attribute]
+        if (getter) return getter.call(node, attribute)
+            var attributeNode = node.getAttributeNode(attribute)
+        return attributeNode ? attributeNode.nodeValue : null
+    }
+})
diff --git a/build/attr.build.js b/build/attr.build.js
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+++ b/build/attr.build.js
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+// more info: https://github.com/jrburke/r.js/blob/master/build/example.build.js
+
+module.exports = {
+    baseUrl: '../'
+    ,
+    name: 'lib/attr'
+    ,
+    out: '../attr.built.no-oldie.js'
+    ,
+    paths:{
+        'lib/attr.has': 'empty:'
+    }
+    ,
+    has:{
+        'has': false,
+        'dom.hasAttribute': true,
+        'dom.getAttribute': true
+    }
+    ,
+    optimize:'none'
+    // ,
+    // pragmas:{// true = yes, remove
+    //     'has':true,
+    //     'oldie':true
+    // }
+    ,
+    wrap:true
+    // ,
+    // uglify:{
+    //     beautify:true
+    // }
+}
+
+if (module.id == '.') require('requirejs').optimize(module.exports, console.log)
diff --git a/build/slick.build.js b/build/slick.build.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..91c42cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/slick.build.js
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+var requirejs = require('requirejs')
+
+var configs = [
+	require('./attr.build')
+]
+
+configs.forEach(function(config){
+	requirejs.optimize(config, function (buildResponse) {
+		//buildResponse is just a text output of the modules
+		//included. Load the built file for the contents.
+		//Use config.out to get the optimized file contents.
+		// var contents = fs.readFileSync(config.out, 'utf8')
+		console.log(buildResponse)
+	})
+})
diff --git a/example/example.html b/example/example.html
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/example.html
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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+    <meta http-equiv=Content-type content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
+    <title>example</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<script src="../node_modules/requirejs/require.js"></script>
+
+<script>
+require.config({
+    baseUrl: './'
+});
+// if (!(/debug/i).test(location.search)) {
+//     require.config({paths:{'../lib/attr':'../build/attr.built'}});
+// }
+</script>
+<!--[if lte IE 7]><script>require.config({paths:{'../lib/attr':'../build/attr.built.oldie'}})</script><![endif]-->
+
+<script>
+require(['../lib/attr']);
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/lib/attr.getters.js b/lib/attr.getters.js
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+++ b/lib/attr.getters.js
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+define(function(require, get){
+
+    get['class'] = function(){
+        return this.getAttribute('class') || this.className
+    }
+
+    get['for'] = function(){
+        return ('htmlFor' in this) ? this.htmlFor : this.getAttribute('for')
+    }
+
+    get.href = function(){
+        return ('href' in this) ? this.getAttribute('href', 2) : this.getAttribute('href')
+    }
+
+    get.style = function(){
+        return (this.style) ? this.style.cssText : this.getAttribute('style')
+    }
+
+    get.type = function(){
+        return this.getAttribute('type')
+    }
+
+    get.tabindex = function(){
+        var attributeNode = this.getAttributeNode('tabindex')
+        return (attributeNode && attributeNode.specified) ? attributeNode.nodeValue : null
+    }
+
+    get.maxlength =
+    get.maxLength = function(){
+        var attributeNode = this.getAttributeNode('maxLength')
+        return (attributeNode && attributeNode.specified) ? attributeNode.nodeValue : null
+    }
+    
+})
diff --git a/lib/attr.has.js b/lib/attr.has.js
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index 00000000..a7870ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/attr.has.js
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+define(function(require, exports){
+    var has = exports = require('has')
+
+    has.add('dom.getAttribute', function(global, document, testEl){
+        return has.isHostType(testEl, 'hasAttribute')
+    })
+
+    has.add('dom.hasAttribute', function(global, document, testEl){
+        // FIXME: add hasAttribute feature test
+        return true
+    })
+    
+    return has
+})
diff --git a/lib/attr.js b/lib/attr.js
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+++ b/lib/attr.js
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+define(function(require, attr){
+
+    //>>excludeStart("has", pragmas.has);
+    var has = require('./attr.has')
+    //>>excludeEnd("has");
+
+    var getters = require('./attr.getters') || {}
+
+    attr.define = function(name, fn){
+        getters[name] = fn
+        return this
+    }
+
+    attr.lookup = function(name){
+        return getters[name]
+    }
+
+    has('dom.hasAttribute')
+    ?
+    attr.has = function(node, attribute){
+        return node.hasAttribute(attribute)
+    }
+    :
+    attr.has = function(node, attribute){
+        // IE6-7 (at least) doesn't implement hasAttribute
+        node = node.getAttributeNode(attribute)
+        return !!(node && (node.specified || node.nodeValue))
+    }
+
+    has('dom.getAttribute')
+    ?
+    attr.get = function(node, attribute){
+        var getter = getters[attribute]
+        if (getter) return getter.call(node, attribute)
+            return node.getAttribute(name)
+    }
+    :
+    attr.get = function(node, attribute){
+        // in IE6-7, if a form has an input of id x, form.getAttribute(x) returns a reference to the input
+        var getter = this.getters[attribute]
+        if (getter) return getter.call(node, attribute)
+            var attributeNode = node.getAttributeNode(attribute)
+        return attributeNode ? attributeNode.nodeValue : null
+    }
+})