diff --git a/doc_generator/base.py b/doc_generator/base.py
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+"""
+doc_generator base module.
+
+This is the principal module of the doc_generator project.
+here you put your main classes and objects.
+
+Be creative! do whatever you want!
+
+If you want to replace this with a Flask application run:
+
+    $ make init
+
+and then choose `flask` as template.
+"""
+
+# example constant variable
+NAME = "doc_generator"
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diff --git a/tests/test_base.py b/tests/test_base.py
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+from doc_generator.base import NAME
+
+
+def test_base():
+    assert NAME == "doc_generator"
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