diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# We don need the auxiliary files created by LaTeX to be tracked
+**.aux
+**.log
+**.pdf
+**.dvi
diff --git a/tareas-fp.cls b/tareas-fp.cls
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+%% Tareas Estilosas
+%% Felipe Portales-Oliva (f.portales.oliva@gmail.com)
+%% 
+%% Clase para crear respuestas a tareas de manera sencilla
+
+\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} % we need to have LaTeX2e for this to compile
+\ProvidesClass{tareas-fp}[2019/03/19 LaTeX class to deliver your homework]
+
+% We will use the article class as a template, with a fontsize of 11pt
+\LoadClass{article}
+
+% UTF-8 is best coding
+\RequirePackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+
+% We won't need those ugly margins
+\RequirePackage{geometry}
+
+
+
+% two columns are really difficult to grade, this is to avoid them
+\DeclareOption{twocolumn}{\OptionNotUsed}
+
+% As we loaded the article class we need to pass it options not specifically defined, such as font size
+\DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToClass{\CurrentOption}{article}}
+ 
+
diff --git a/test.tex b/test.tex
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+% this is a test document for the class we defined in this project
+
+\documentclass{tareas-fp}
+
+\title{my tytle}
+\author{me}
+\date{today}
+
+\begin{document}
+\maketitle
+
+hóla beééééébééééé
+
+\end{document}