diff --git a/dev-req.txt b/dev-req.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e515f09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-req.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Django==1.2.3
+Genshi==0.6
+Jinja2==2.5.5
+Mako==0.3.6
+Markdown==2.0.3
+MarkupSafe==0.11
+PyYAML==3.09
+logilab-astng==0.21.0
+logilab-common==0.53.0
+lxml==2.3beta1
+nose==0.11.4
+pylint==0.22.0
+pyquery==0.6.1
+unittest2==0.5.1
+wsgiref==0.1.2
diff --git a/hyde/ext/templates/jinja2.py b/hyde/ext/templates/jinja2.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a2fdb8..0000000
--- a/hyde/ext/templates/jinja2.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Hyde Template interface realization for Jinja2
-"""
-from hyde.template import Template
-
-class Jinja2Template(Template):
-    def configure(self, config):
-        """
-        Uses the config object to initialize the jinja environment.
-        """
-        pass
-
-    def render(self, template_name, context):
-        pass
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diff --git a/hyde/ext/templates/jinja2Template.py b/hyde/ext/templates/jinja2Template.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af42aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyde/ext/templates/jinja2Template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+"""
+Hyde Template interface realization for Jinja2
+"""
+from hyde.template import Template
+from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
+
+class Jinja2Template(Template):
+    def configure(self, sitepath, config):
+        """
+        Uses the config object to initialize the jinja environment.
+        """
+        self.env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(sitepath))
+        
+    def render(self, template_name, context):
+        """
+        Renders the given template using the context
+        """
+        t = self.env.get_template(template_name)
+        return t.render(context)
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diff --git a/hyde/fs.py b/hyde/fs.py
index ce5e808..7f613a7 100644
--- a/hyde/fs.py
+++ b/hyde/fs.py
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ class File(FS):
             read_text = fin.read()
         return read_text
 
+    def write(self, text, encoding="utf-8"):
+        """
+        Writes the given text to the file using the given encoding.
+        """
+        with codecs.open(self.path, 'w', encoding) as fout:
+            fout.write(text)
 
 class Folder(FS):
     """
diff --git a/hyde/tests/test_fs.py b/hyde/tests/test_fs.py
index 8845aec..08868a9 100644
--- a/hyde/tests/test_fs.py
+++ b/hyde/tests/test_fs.py
@@ -58,5 +58,12 @@ def test_read_all():
     with codecs.open(path, 'w', 'utf-8') as f:
         f.write(utxt)
 
+    txt = File(path).read_all()
+    assert txt == utxt
+    
+def test_write():
+    utxt = u'åßcdeƒ'
+    path = DATA_ROOT.child('unicode.txt')
+    File(path).write(utxt)
     txt = File(path).read_all()
     assert txt == utxt
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diff --git a/hyde/tests/test_jinja2template.py b/hyde/tests/test_jinja2template.py
index 2346650..0922719 100644
--- a/hyde/tests/test_jinja2template.py
+++ b/hyde/tests/test_jinja2template.py
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 Use nose
 `$ pip install nose`
 `$ nosetests`
+
+Code borrowed from rwbench.py from the jinja2 examples
 """
 from datetime import datetime
-from hyde.ext.templates.jinja2 import Jinja2Template
+from hyde.ext.templates.jinja2Template import Jinja2Template
 from hyde.fs import File, Folder
 from jinja2.utils import generate_lorem_ipsum
 from random import choice, randrange
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ class Article(object):
         self.pub_date = datetime.utcfromtimestamp(randrange(10 ** 9, 2 * 10 ** 9))
         self.published = True
 
+def dateformat(x):
+    return x.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
 
 class User(object):
 
@@ -49,11 +53,17 @@ context = dict(users=users, articles=articles, page_navigation=navigation)
 
 def test_render():
     """
-    Uses the real world benchmark code from jinja.
+    Uses pyquery to test the html structure for validity
     """
     t = Jinja2Template()
-    config = yaml.load(JINJA2.child('config.yaml'))
-    t.configure(None)
+    t.configure(JINJA2.path, None)
+    t.env.filters['dateformat'] = dateformat
     html = t.render('index.html', context)
-    expected = File(JINJA2.child('index_expected.html')).read_all()
-    assert_html_equals(expected, html)
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+    from pyquery import PyQuery
+    actual = PyQuery(html)
+    assert actual(".navigation li").length == 30
+    assert actual("div.article").length == 20
+    assert actual("div.article h2").length == 20
+    assert actual("div.article h2 a").length == 20
+    assert actual("div.article p.meta").length == 20
+    assert actual("div.article div.text").length == 20
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diff --git a/hyde/tests/util.py b/hyde/tests/util.py
index 369cdc2..423ee00 100644
--- a/hyde/tests/util.py
+++ b/hyde/tests/util.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 from django.utils.html import strip_spaces_between_tags
 
-def assert_html_equals(expected, actual):
+def assert_html_equals(expected, actual, sanitize=None):
     expected = strip_spaces_between_tags(expected.strip())
     actual = strip_spaces_between_tags(actual.strip())
-    assert expected == actual
+    if sanitize:
+        expected = sanitize(expected)
+        actual = sanitize(actual)
+    assert expected == actual
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