diff --git a/pouchDB/pouch-0.1.d.ts b/pouchDB/pouch-0.1.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for pouch.js
+
+interface PouchOptions {
+	name?: string;
+	adapter?: string;
+}
+
+interface PouchError {
+	status: number;
+	error: string;
+	reason: string;
+}
+
+interface PouchApi {
+	id(): string;
+}
+
+interface PouchInfoResponse {
+	db_name: string;
+	doc_count: number;
+	update_seq: string;
+}
+
+interface PouchApi {
+	info(callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchInfoResponse) => void): void;
+}
+
+interface PouchGetOptions {
+	rev?: string;
+	revs?: bool;
+	revs_info?: bool;
+	conflicts?: bool;
+	attachments?: bool;
+}
+
+interface PouchGetResponse {
+	_id: string;
+	_rev: string;
+	_attachments: any;
+}
+
+interface PouchAllDocsOptions {
+	startkey?: string;
+	endKey?: string;
+	descending?: bool;
+	include_docs?: bool;
+	conflicts?: bool;
+}
+
+interface PouchAllDocsItem {
+	id: string;
+	key: string;
+	value: any;
+}
+
+interface PouchAllDocsResponse {
+	total_rows: number;
+	rows: PouchAllDocsItem[];
+}
+
+interface PouchApi {
+	//
+	// get == select by id
+	//
+	get(id: string, opts: PouchGetOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchGetResponse) => void): void;
+	get(id: string, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchGetResponse) => void): void;
+	allDocs(opts: PouchAllDocsOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchAllDocsResponse) => void): void;
+	allDocs(callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchAllDocsResponse) => void): void;
+}
+
+interface PouchUpdateOptions {
+	new_edits: bool;
+}
+
+interface PouchUpdateResponse {
+	ok: bool;
+	id: string;
+	rev: string;
+}
+
+interface PouchApi {
+	bulkDocs(req, opts: PouchUpdateOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse[]) => void): void;
+	bulkDocs(req, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse[]) => void): void;
+	//
+	// post == insert (doc does not contain an _id)
+	//
+	post(doc: any, opts: PouchUpdateOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse) => void): void;
+	post(doc: any, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse) => void): void;
+	//
+	// put == update (doc DOES contain an _id)
+	//
+	put(doc, opts: PouchUpdateOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse) => void): void;
+	put(doc, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse) => void): void;
+	//
+	// remove == delete
+	//
+	remove(doc, opts: PouchUpdateOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse) => void): void;
+	remove(doc, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse) => void): void;
+}
+
+interface PouchFilter {
+	map: (doc: any) => void;
+	reduce?: (key: string, value: any) => any;
+}
+
+interface PouchQueryOptions {
+	complete?: any;
+	include_docs?: bool;
+	error?: (err: PouchError) => void;
+	descending?: bool;
+	reduce?: bool;
+}
+
+interface PouchQueryResponse {
+	rows: any[];
+}
+
+interface PouchApi {
+	//
+	// query == select by other criteria
+	//
+	query(fun: string, opts: PouchQueryOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchQueryResponse) => void): void;
+	query(fun: string, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchQueryResponse) => void): void;
+	query(fun: PouchFilter, opts: PouchQueryOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchQueryResponse) => void): void;
+	query(fun: PouchFilter, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchQueryResponse) => void): void;
+}
+
+interface PouchAttachmentOptions {
+	decode?: bool;
+}
+
+interface PouchApi {
+	getAttachment(id: string, opts: PouchAttachmentOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: any) => void): void;
+	getAttachment(id: string, callback: (err: PouchError, res: any) => void): void;
+	putAttachment(id: string, rev: string, doc: any, type: string, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse) => void): void;
+	removeAttachment(id: string, rev: string, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse) => void): void;
+}
+
+interface PouchCancellable {
+	cancel: () => void;
+}
+
+interface PouchChangesOptions {
+	onChange: (change: PouchChange) => void;
+	complete?: (err: PouchError, res: PouchChanges) => void;
+	seq?: number;
+	since?: number;
+	descending?: bool;
+	filter?: PouchFilter;
+	continuous?: bool;
+	include_docs?: bool;
+	conflicts?: bool;
+}
+
+interface PouchChange {
+	changes: any;
+	doc: PouchGetResponse;
+	id: string;
+	seq: number;
+}
+
+interface PouchChanges {
+	results: PouchChange[];
+}
+
+interface PouchApi {
+	changes(opts: PouchChangesOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchChanges) => void): PouchCancellable;
+	changes(callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchChanges) => void): PouchCancellable;
+}
+
+interface PouchRevsDiffOptions {
+}
+
+interface PouchReplicateOptions {
+	continuous?: bool;
+	onChange?: (any) => void;
+	filter?: any;			// Can be either string or PouchFilter
+	complete?: (err: PouchError, res: PouchChanges) => void;
+}
+
+interface PouchReplicateResponse {
+	ok: bool;
+	start_time: Date;
+	end_time: Date;
+	docs_read: number;
+	docs_written: number;
+}
+
+interface PouchReplicate {
+	from(url: string, opts: PouchReplicateOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchReplicateResponse) => void): PouchCancellable;
+	from(url: string, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchReplicateResponse) => void): PouchCancellable;
+	to(dbName: string, opts: PouchReplicateOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchReplicateResponse) => void): PouchCancellable;
+	to(dbName: string, callback: (err: PouchError, res: PouchReplicateResponse) => void): PouchCancellable;
+}
+
+interface PouchApi {
+	revsDiff(req: any, opts: PouchRevsDiffOptions, callback: (missing: any) => void): void;
+	revsDiff(req: any, callback: (missing: any) => void): void;
+	replicate: PouchReplicate;
+}
+
+interface Pouch extends PouchApi {
+	(name: string, opts: PouchOptions, callback: (err: PouchError, res: Pouch) => void ): Pouch;
+	(name: string, callback: (err: PouchError, res: Pouch) => void ): Pouch;
+	destroy(name: string, callback: (err: PouchError) => void): void;
+}
+
+var Pouch: Pouch;
+//
+// emit is the function that the PouchFilter.map function should call in order to add a particular item to
+// a filter view.
+//
+declare function emit(key: any, value: any);
diff --git a/pouchDB/pouch-tests.ts b/pouchDB/pouch-tests.ts
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+/// <reference path="../../scripts/framework/pouch.d.ts" />
+
+declare var $: any;
+
+function alert(thing: any) {
+	$('body').append('<div>' + thing + '</div>');
+}
+
+var pouch: Pouch;
+
+function pouchTests() {
+	Pouch('idb://testdb', function (err: PouchError, res: Pouch) {
+		if (err) {
+			alert('Error ' + err.status + ' occurred ' + err.error + ' - ' + err.reason);
+		}
+		else {
+			pouch = res;
+			alert("database opened");
+			runTests();
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+var tests = [
+	setupTests,
+	testId,
+	testAllDocs,
+	testGet,
+	testUpdate,
+	testDelete,
+	deleteDb
+];
+
+var testIndex;
+
+var revs: any = {};
+
+function runTests() {
+	testIndex = 0;
+	tests[testIndex++]();
+}
+
+// each test function except the last one needs to call nextTest when it is finished doing its thing.
+function nextTest() {
+	alert("starting test " + testIndex);
+	tests[testIndex++]();
+}
+
+function setupTests() {
+	alert('setupTests');
+	pouch.bulkDocs({
+		docs: [{ _id: '1', name: 'record 1' },
+			{ _id: '2', name: 'record 2' },
+			{ _id: '3', name: 'record 3' }
+		]
+	}, function (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse[]) {
+		if (err) {
+			alert('Error ' + err.status + ' occurred ' + err.error + ' - ' + err.reason);
+		}
+		else {
+			for (var i = 0; i < res.length; i++) {
+				if (res[i].ok) {
+					revs[res[i].id] = res[i].rev;
+				}
+			}
+			alert("test records loaded");
+		}
+		nextTest();
+	});
+}
+
+function testId() {
+	alert('testId');
+	var id = pouch.id();
+	alert('Database Id = ' + id);
+	nextTest();
+}
+
+function testGet() {
+	alert('testGet');
+	pouch.get('1', function (err: PouchError, res: PouchGetResponse) {
+		if (err) {
+			alert('Error ' + err.status + ' occurred ' + err.error + ' - ' + err.reason);
+		}
+		else {
+			alert('Retrieved record with id=1, name=[' + res['name'] + ']');
+		}
+		nextTest();
+	});
+}
+
+function testAllDocs() {
+	alert('testAllDocs');
+	pouch.allDocs(function (err: PouchError, res: PouchAllDocsResponse) {
+		alert('allDocs resulted in ' + res.total_rows + ' results');
+		for (var i = 0; i < res.total_rows; i++) {
+			alert('Retrieved record with id=' + res.rows[i].id + ', rev=[' + res.rows[i].value.rev + ']');
+		}
+		nextTest();
+	});
+}
+
+function testUpdate() {
+	alert('testUpdate');
+	pouch.put({ _id: '2', _rev: revs['2'], name: 'record 2 updated' }, function (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse) {
+		if (err) {
+			alert('Error ' + err.status + ' occurred ' + err.error + ' - ' + err.reason);
+		}
+		else {
+			alert('record updated id=' + res.id + ', rev=[' + res.rev + ']');
+		}
+		testAllDocs();		// spit out the db contents and then go on
+	});
+}
+
+function testDelete() {
+	alert('testDelete');
+	pouch.remove({ _id: '3', _rev: revs['3'] }, function (err: PouchError, res: PouchUpdateResponse) {
+		if (err) {
+			alert('Error ' + err.status + ' occurred ' + err.error + ' - ' + err.reason);
+		}
+		else {
+			alert('record deleted id=' + res.id + ', rev=[' + res.rev + ']');
+		}
+		testAllDocs();		// spit out the db contents and then go on
+	});
+}
+
+function deleteDb() {
+	alert('deleteDb');
+	if (pouch) {
+		pouch = null;
+		Pouch.destroy('idb://testdb', function (err: PouchError) {
+			if (err) {
+				alert('Error ' + err.status + ' occurred ' + err.error + ' - ' + err.reason);
+			}
+			else {
+				alert("database destroyed");
+			}
+		});
+	}
+}