diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed8ebf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NeuralNetwork.py b/NeuralNetwork.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff3f7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NeuralNetwork.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+from Optimization.Optimizers import Sgd
+from Optimization.Loss import CrossEntropyLoss
+import numpy as np
+from copy import deepcopy
+class NeuralNetwork:
+    '''
+    Neural Network Skeleton
+    Methods:
+        - forward pass: 
+            - calls the forward method of each layer in the architecture
+            - returns the loss value from the loss layer
+        - backward pass:
+            - calls the backward method of each layer in the architecture
+        - append_layer:
+            - appends a layer to the architecture
+        - train:
+            - trains the network for a number of iterations
+        - test:
+            - tests the network on a given input_tensor
+    '''
+
+    def __init__(self, optimizer: Sgd) -> None:
+        self.optimizer = optimizer
+        self.loss: list[float] = []
+        self.layers: list = [] 
+        self.data_layer = None
+        self.loss_layer: CrossEntropyLoss = None
+    
+    def forward(self) -> np.ndarray:
+        input_tensor, self.label_tensor = deepcopy(self.data_layer.next())
+        for layer in self.layers:
+            input_tensor = layer.forward(input_tensor)
+        loss = self.loss_layer.forward(input_tensor, deepcopy(self.label_tensor))
+        return loss
+    
+    def backward(self) -> None:
+        label_tensor = deepcopy(self.label_tensor)
+        error_tensor = self.loss_layer.backward(label_tensor)
+        for layer in reversed(self.layers):
+            error_tensor = layer.backward(error_tensor)
+    
+    def append_layer(self, layer: object) -> None:
+        if layer.trainable:
+            layer.optimizer = deepcopy(self.optimizer)
+        self.layers.append(layer)
+    
+    def train(self, iterations: int) -> None:
+        for _ in range(iterations):
+            loss = self.forward()
+            self.loss.append(loss)
+            self.backward()
+    
+    def test(self, input_tensor) -> np.ndarray:
+        for layer in self.layers:
+            input_tensor = layer.forward(input_tensor)
+        return input_tensor
+        
\ No newline at end of file