diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71c5103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/vendor
+composer.phar
+composer.lock
+tests/_output/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.styleci.yml b/.styleci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0285f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.styleci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+preset: laravel
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a649e66..a462d29 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
     ],
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "require": {},
+    "require-dev": {
+        "phpunit/phpunit" : "^8.0",
+        "orchestra/testbench": "~3.8.0|^4.0"
+    },
+    "autoload-dev": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "Laravel\\DataTables\\Tests\\": "tests/"
+        }
+    },
     "autoload": {
          "psr-4": {
             "Laravel\\DataTables\\" : "src/"
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2483c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<phpunit backupGlobals="false"
+         backupStaticAttributes="false"
+         bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
+         colors="true"
+         convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
+         convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
+         convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
+         processIsolation="false"
+         stopOnFailure="false">
+    <testsuites>
+        <testsuite name="Package Test Suite">
+            <directory>./tests/</directory>
+        </testsuite>
+    </testsuites>
+    <filter>
+        <whitelist>
+            <directory suffix=".php">app/</directory>
+        </whitelist>
+    </filter>
+    <php>
+        <env name="APP_ENV" value="testing"/>
+        <env name="CACHE_DRIVER" value="array"/>
+        <env name="SESSION_DRIVER" value="array"/>
+        <env name="QUEUE_DRIVER" value="sync"/>
+        <env name="CACHE_DRIVER" value="array"/>
+        <env name="DB_CONNECTION" value="sqlite"/>
+        <env name="DB_DATABASE" value=":memory" />
+    </php>
+</phpunit>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/TestCase.php b/tests/TestCase.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1617407
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/TestCase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+namespace Laravel\DataTables\Tests;
+
+use Orchestra\Testbench\TestCase as Orchestra;
+
+abstract class TestCase extends Orchestra
+{
+
+}