diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f22417..cc85769 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
 
+add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/QCodeEditor")
+
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
     main.cpp
     channelwidget.cpp
@@ -44,7 +46,8 @@ add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
 )
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES WIN32_EXECUTABLE ON)
 target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC "-Wall")
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets Qt6::Core ${EISMULIPLEXER_LIBRARIES})
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC QCodeEditor)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE Qt6::Widgets Qt6::Core ${EISMULIPLEXER_LIBRARIES} QCodeEditor)
 set_source_files_properties(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/eismultiplexerqt.png PROPERTIES QT_RESOURCE_ALIAS eismultiplexerqt.png)
 qt_add_resources(${PROJECT_NAME} "resources" PREFIX "/" FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/eismultiplexerqt.png )
 install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME} DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index b69934e..f764d9a 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1,19 +1,28 @@
 #include <eismultiplexer.h>
 #include <QMessageBox>
+#include <QMessageBox>
 #include "mainwindow.h"
 #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
 
-MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
-        : QMainWindow(parent)
-        , ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
+MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent):
+    QMainWindow(parent),
+    ui(new Ui::MainWindow),
+    codeEditor(this)
 {
         ui->setupUi(this);
         enumerateDevices();
 
-        connect(ui->actionQuit, &QAction::triggered, this, [this]()
-        {
-                close();
-        });
+        codeEditor.setAutoIndentation(true);
+        codeEditor.setAutoParentheses(true);
+        codeEditor.setHighlighter(&highligter);
+        codeEditor.setCompleter(&completer);
+        QFont font("Monospace");
+        font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
+        codeEditor.setFont(font);
+
+        ui->codeLayout->addWidget(&codeEditor);
+
+        connect(ui->actionQuit, &QAction::triggered, this, [this]() {close();});
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow()
@@ -92,3 +101,15 @@ void MainWindow::enumerateDevices()
         free(serials);
 }
 
+void MainWindow::generateExample()
+{
+    QString example =
+        "import eismultiplexer\n\n"
+        "from time import sleep";
+
+    for (const auto& channel : channels)
+    {
+        example.append(QString("eismultiplexer"));
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/mainwindow.h b/mainwindow.h
index cb1a19c..090ecb0 100644
--- a/mainwindow.h
+++ b/mainwindow.h
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 #include <QMainWindow>
 #include <memory>
+#include <QCodeEditor>
+#include <QPythonCompleter>
+#include <QPythonHighlighter>
 
 #include "channelwidget.h"
 
@@ -16,6 +19,9 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
 	Q_OBJECT
 	std::vector<std::shared_ptr<ChannelWidget>> channels;
 	Ui::MainWindow *ui;
+    QCodeEditor codeEditor;
+    QPythonHighlighter highligter;
+    QPythonCompleter completer;
 
 signals:
 	void channelStateChanged(uint16_t device, uint16_t channel);
@@ -26,6 +32,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
 	void enumerateDevices();
+    void generateExample();
 };
 
 #endif // MAINWINDOW_H
diff --git a/mainwindow.ui b/mainwindow.ui
index 53aca8f..fbf1285 100644
--- a/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/mainwindow.ui
@@ -14,7 +14,41 @@
    <string>EisMultiplexer-Qt</string>
   </property>
   <widget class="QWidget" name="centralwidget">
-   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+   <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
+    <item>
+     <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="codeLayout">
+      <property name="leftMargin">
+       <number>10</number>
+      </property>
+      <item>
+       <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonStop">
+          <property name="enabled">
+           <bool>false</bool>
+          </property>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Stop</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="icon">
+           <iconset theme="QIcon::ThemeIcon::MediaPlaybackStop"/>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButtonRun">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Run</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="icon">
+           <iconset theme="QIcon::ThemeIcon::MediaPlaybackStart"/>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </item>
     <item>
      <widget class="QScrollArea" name="scrollArea">
       <property name="widgetResizable">
@@ -25,7 +59,7 @@
         <rect>
          <x>0</x>
          <y>0</y>
-         <width>788</width>
+         <width>595</width>
          <height>537</height>
         </rect>
        </property>
@@ -52,16 +86,46 @@
     <property name="title">
      <string>File</string>
     </property>
+    <addaction name="actionOpen"/>
+    <addaction name="actionSave"/>
+    <addaction name="actionSave_As"/>
     <addaction name="actionQuit"/>
    </widget>
    <addaction name="menuFile"/>
   </widget>
   <widget class="QStatusBar" name="statusbar"/>
   <action name="actionQuit">
+   <property name="icon">
+    <iconset theme="QIcon::ThemeIcon::ApplicationExit"/>
+   </property>
    <property name="text">
     <string>Quit</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionSave">
+   <property name="icon">
+    <iconset theme="QIcon::ThemeIcon::DocumentSave"/>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Save</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="actionSave_As">
+   <property name="icon">
+    <iconset theme="QIcon::ThemeIcon::DocumentSaveAs"/>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Save As</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
+  <action name="actionOpen">
+   <property name="icon">
+    <iconset theme="QIcon::ThemeIcon::DocumentOpen"/>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Open</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>