diff --git a/lib/jenot/web.ex b/lib/jenot/web.ex
index 34e9e32..d086aea 100644
--- a/lib/jenot/web.ex
+++ b/lib/jenot/web.ex
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ defmodule Jenot.Web do
 
   plug Plug.Static,
     at: "/",
-    only: ~w(img js index.html site.webmanifest style.css),
+    only: ~w(img js index.html test.html site.webmanifest style.css),
     from: {:jenot, "priv/static"}
 
   plug Plug.Parsers,
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ defmodule Jenot.Web do
   plug :dispatch
 
   get "/" do
-    priv_dir = :code.priv_dir(:jenot)
-    index_path = Path.join([priv_dir, "static", "index.html"])
-
-    send_file(conn, 200, index_path)
-
     conn
     |> resp(:found, "")
     |> put_resp_header("location", "/index.html")
diff --git a/priv/static/js/components.js b/priv/static/js/components.js
index b2867a2..0fb92e5 100644
--- a/priv/static/js/components.js
+++ b/priv/static/js/components.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ class EditableArea extends HTMLElement {
 
   connectedCallback() {
     const text = this.textContent;
-    this.displayElement = document.createElement("p", { class: "display" });
+    this.displayElement = document.createElement("p");
+    this.displayElement.classList.add("display");
     this.inputElement = document.createElement("textarea");
     this.inputElement.value = text;
 
diff --git a/priv/static/js/jenot-tests.js b/priv/static/js/jenot-tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdc6cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/static/js/jenot-tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import "./components.js";
+
+const URL_PARAMS = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+
+const CONCRETE_TEST = URL_PARAMS.get("t");
+
+let counter = 1;
+
+const body = document.querySelector("body");
+const log = document.querySelector("#test-log");
+
+class AssertError extends Error {
+  constructor(message, options) {
+    super(message, options);
+  }
+}
+
+const setup = (idx) => {
+  const container = document.createElement("div", { id: `test-${idx}` });
+  body.appendChild(container);
+  return container;
+};
+
+async function assert(assertion, timeout) {
+  timeout = timeout || 100;
+  const interval = Math.max(timeout / 10, 10);
+  const start = performance.now();
+  let now = performance.now();
+
+  while (true) {
+    let result;
+    let error;
+
+    try {
+      result = assertion();
+    } catch (error) {
+      result = false;
+      error = error;
+    }
+
+    if (result === true) break;
+
+    if (now - start >= timeout) {
+      const assertionStr = assertion.toString();
+      const opts = error ? { cause: error } : {};
+      throw new AssertError(`Assertion failed: ${assertionStr}`, opts);
+    }
+
+    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, interval));
+    now = performance.now();
+  }
+}
+
+function test(label, testFun) {
+  if (CONCRETE_TEST && CONCRETE_TEST != counter) {
+    counter++;
+    return;
+  }
+  const container = setup(counter);
+  const logRow = document.createElement("li");
+  logRow.textContent = `[RUNNING] ${label}`;
+  log.appendChild(logRow);
+
+  try {
+    testFun(container);
+    const message = `[OK] ${label}`;
+    console.info(message);
+    logRow.textContent = message;
+    logRow.classList.add("success");
+  } catch (error) {
+    const message = `[ERROR] ${label}`;
+    console.error(message, error);
+    logRow.textContent = message;
+    logRow.classList.add("failure");
+    const errorOutput = document.createElement("pre");
+    errorOutput.textContent = `${error.name}: ${error.message}`;
+    if (error.stack) {
+      errorOutput.textContent += `\n${error.stack}`;
+    }
+    logRow.appendChild(errorOutput);
+  }
+  container.remove();
+  counter++;
+}
+
+test("editable-area renders", (container) => {
+  container.innerHTML = `<editable-area>Test 123</editable-area>`;
+
+  const textarea = container.querySelector("textarea");
+  const display = container.querySelector("p");
+
+  assert(() => textarea.value === "Test 123");
+  assert(() => display.classList.contains("display"));
+  assert(() => display.innerHTML === "Test 123<br>");
+});
+
+test("editable-area updates on input", (container) => {
+  container.innerHTML = `<editable-area></editable-area>`;
+
+  const textarea = container.querySelector("textarea");
+  const display = container.querySelector("p");
+
+  let eventCalled = false;
+  container.addEventListener("contentChange", () => {
+    eventCalled = true;
+  });
+
+  textarea.value = "Some new content\nwith a newline";
+  textarea.dispatchEvent(
+    new Event("input", { bubbles: true, cancelable: true }),
+  );
+
+  assert(() => display.innerHTML === `Some new content<br>with a newline<br>`);
+  assert(() => eventCalled === true);
+});
+
+test("editable-area respects readonly attribute", (container) => {
+  container.innerHTML = `<editable-area readonly>Some text</editable-area>`;
+
+  const textarea = container.querySelector("textarea");
+
+  assert(() => textarea.disabled)
+})
diff --git a/priv/static/js/jenot.js b/priv/static/js/jenot.js
index 1fd3886..b5bed68 100644
--- a/priv/static/js/jenot.js
+++ b/priv/static/js/jenot.js
@@ -9,6 +9,28 @@ import {
 } from "./notifications.js";
 import "./components.js";
 
+const URL_PARAMS = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+
+// Notes storage configuration.
+// Currently supports either simple, local storage based implementation
+// and a more elaborate one, using a combination of IndexedDB + network sync.
+const Notes = URL_PARAMS.has("localStorage")
+  ? new LocalNoteStore("jenot-app")
+  : new SyncedNoteStore("jenot-app", "notes", "/");
+
+// Very rudimentary periodic sync. It will be refactored into a more real-time
+// solution using either websocket of long-polling, so that server can notify about
+// new data to sync.
+const sync = async () => {
+  await Notes.sync();
+  Notes.saveStorage();
+};
+
+sync();
+setInterval(sync, 5000);
+
+// Notifications API test - to be reused for push notifications later on
+
 const notificationsButton = document.querySelector("#enable-notifications");
 const notificationsTestButton = document.querySelector("#test-notifications");
 
@@ -25,27 +47,20 @@ notificationsTestButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
   }, 8000);
 });
 
-const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
-
-const Notes = urlParams.has("localStorage")
-  ? new LocalNoteStore("jenot-app")
-  : new SyncedNoteStore("jenot-app", "notes", "/");
-
-const sync = async () => {
-  await Notes.sync();
-  Notes.saveStorage();
-};
-
-sync();
-setInterval(sync, 5000);
+// There are two note-form component instances - one for
+// composing new notes and another one for editing existing notes.
 
 const newNote = document.querySelector("#new-note");
 const editNote = document.querySelector("#edit-note");
 
+// Each save event originating from storage triggers a re-render
+// of notes list.
 Notes.addEventListener("save", render.bind(this));
 
+// Initial notes render.
 render();
 
+// note-form component specific event handlers
 newNote.addEventListener("addNote", async (e) => {
   await Notes.add(e.detail);
   Notes.saveStorage();
@@ -65,6 +80,11 @@ editNote.addEventListener("deleteNote", async (e) => {
   Notes.saveStorage();
 });
 
+// All notes are currently re-rendered on each storage
+// update. The routine will be optimized to replace only
+// nodes that actually changed - most likely based on unique
+// note IDs associated with block elements.
+
 async function render() {
   const notes = await Notes.all();
   const notesContainer = document.querySelector("#notes");
diff --git a/priv/static/test.html b/priv/static/test.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..809549c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/static/test.html
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+    <title>Jenot Tests</title>
+    <link
+      rel="icon"
+      type="image/png"
+      sizes="16x16"
+      href="/img/favicon-16x16.png"
+    />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" />
+    <script type="module" src="/js/jenot-tests.js" defer></script>
+    <style type="text/css">
+      #test-log li {
+        color: lightgrey;
+      }
+      #test-log li.success {
+        color: green;
+      }
+
+      #test-log li.failure {
+        color: red;
+      }
+
+      #test-log li pre {
+        font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
+        font-weight: bold;
+      }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <div id="content"></div>
+    <ol id="test-log"></ul>
+  </body>
+</html>