diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.html b/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.html
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+<p>navbar works!</p>
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.scss b/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.scss
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diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.spec.ts b/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.spec.ts
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+++ b/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.spec.ts
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+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+
+import { NavbarComponent } from './navbar.component';
+
+describe('NavbarComponent', () => {
+  let component: NavbarComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<NavbarComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    await TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [NavbarComponent]
+    })
+    .compileComponents();
+
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(NavbarComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should create', () => {
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.ts b/src/app/shared/components/navbar/navbar.component.ts
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+import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-navbar',
+  standalone: true,
+  imports: [],
+  templateUrl: './navbar.component.html',
+  styleUrl: './navbar.component.scss'
+})
+export class NavbarComponent implements OnInit {
+
+  // --------------- INPUTS AND OUTPUTS ------------------
+
+  // --------------- LOCAL UI STATE ----------------------
+
+  // --------------- COMPUTED DATA -----------------------
+
+  // --------------- EVENT HANDLING ----------------------
+  
+  // --------------- OTHER -------------------------------
+
+  constructor(
+  ) { }
+
+  // --------------- LOAD AND CLEANUP --------------------
+  ngOnInit(): void {
+  }
+}