diff --git a/.scripts/travis_setup.sh b/.scripts/travis_setup.sh
index 3123d11f..61a75be1 100755
--- a/.scripts/travis_setup.sh
+++ b/.scripts/travis_setup.sh
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ mysql -u root -e 'create database drupal;'
 mysql -u root -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON drupal.* To 'drupal'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'drupal';"
 
 # Java (Oracle)
-sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
-sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties
-sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java
-sudo apt-get update
-echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | sudo debconf-set-selections
-echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 seen true | sudo debconf-set-selections
-sudo apt-get install -y oracle-java8-installer
-sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-8-oracle
-sudo apt-get install -y oracle-java8-set-default
-export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
+#sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+#sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties
+#sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java
+#sudo apt-get update
+#echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | sudo debconf-set-selections
+#echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 seen true | sudo debconf-set-selections
+#sudo apt-get install -y oracle-java8-installer
+#sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-8-oracle
+#sudo apt-get install -y oracle-java8-set-default
+#export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
 
 # phpcpd
 #sudo apt-get install -y phpcpd
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ drush en -y syslog
 drush en -y serialization
 drush en -y basic_auth
 drush en -y rest
+drush en -y simpletest
 
 drush dl rdfui --dev
 drush en -y rdfui
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ cd $HOME/drupal/modules
 git clone https://github.com/DiegoPino/claw-jsonld.git
 drush en -y jsonld
 
+drush en -y islandora
+
 drush -y dl bootstrap
 drush -y en bootstrap
 drush -y config-set system.theme default bootstrap
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b3d2ddec..5948f67c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -20,15 +20,17 @@ before_install:
   - export ISLANDORA_DIR=$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
 
 install:
-#  - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/tests/scripts/travis_setup.sh
+  - $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/.scripts/travis_setup.sh
   - composer install
   - php vendor/bin/phpcs --config-set installed_paths vendor/drupal/coder/coder_sniffer
 
 
 script:
   - $ISLANDORA_DIR/.scripts/line_endings.sh .
+  - cd $HOME/drupal/modules/islandora
   - php vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=Drupal **/*.module **/*.php --ignore=tests,vendor . 
   - php vendor/bin/phpcpd --names *.module,*.inc,*.test,*.php --exclude=vendor .
+  - cd $HOME/drupal; php core/scripts/run-tests.sh --php `which php` islandora
 
 notifications:
   irc:
diff --git a/islandora/islandora.services.yml b/islandora/islandora.services.yml
index 938de6ed..d1a94b40 100644
--- a/islandora/islandora.services.yml
+++ b/islandora/islandora.services.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ services:
     tags:
       - { name: paramconverter }
     arguments: ['@entity.manager']
+  islandora.eventgenerator:
+    class: Drupal\islandora\EventGenerator\EventGenerator
diff --git a/islandora/src/EventGenerator/EventGenerator.php b/islandora/src/EventGenerator/EventGenerator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0463277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/islandora/src/EventGenerator/EventGenerator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\islandora\EventGenerator;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\user\UserInterface;
+
+/**
+ * The default EventGenerator implementation.
+ *
+ * Provides Activity Stream 2.0 serialized events.
+ */
+class EventGenerator implements EventGeneratorInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function generateCreateEvent(EntityInterface $entity, UserInterface $user) {
+    return json_encode([
+      "@context" => "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+      "type" => "Create",
+      "actor" => [
+        "type" => "Person",
+        "id" => $user->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(),
+      ],
+      "object" => $entity->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(),
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function generateUpdateEvent(EntityInterface $entity, UserInterface $user) {
+    return json_encode([
+      "@context" => "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+      "type" => "Update",
+      "actor" => [
+        "type" => "Person",
+        "id" => $user->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(),
+      ],
+      "object" => $entity->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(),
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function generateDeleteEvent(EntityInterface $entity, UserInterface $user) {
+    return json_encode([
+      "@context" => "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+      "type" => "Delete",
+      "actor" => [
+        "type" => "Person",
+        "id" => $user->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(),
+      ],
+      "object" => $entity->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(),
+    ]);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/islandora/src/EventGenerator/EventGeneratorInterface.php b/islandora/src/EventGenerator/EventGeneratorInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..766e1389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/islandora/src/EventGenerator/EventGeneratorInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\islandora\EventGenerator;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\user\UserInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Inteface for a service that provides serialized event messages.
+ */
+interface EventGeneratorInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Generates a serialized 'Create' event.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
+   *   The entity that was created.
+   * @param \Drupal\user\UserInterface $user
+   *   The user who created the entity.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Serialized event message
+   */
+  public function generateCreateEvent(EntityInterface $entity, UserInterface $user);
+
+  /**
+   * Generates a serialized 'Create' event.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
+   *   The entity that was updated.
+   * @param \Drupal\user\UserInterface $user
+   *   The user who updated the entity.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Serialized event message
+   */
+  public function generateUpdateEvent(EntityInterface $entity, UserInterface $user);
+
+  /**
+   * Generates a serialized 'Create' event.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
+   *   The entity that was deleted.
+   * @param \Drupal\user\UserInterface $user
+   *   The user who deleted the entity.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Serialized event message
+   */
+  public function generateDeleteEvent(EntityInterface $entity, UserInterface $user);
+
+}
diff --git a/islandora/tests/src/Kernel/EventGeneratorTest.php b/islandora/tests/src/Kernel/EventGeneratorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e297c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/islandora/tests/src/Kernel/EventGeneratorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\islandora\Kernel;
+
+use Drupal\islandora\Entity\FedoraResource;
+use Drupal\islandora\EventGenerator\EventGenerator;
+use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\simpletest\UserCreationTrait;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the EventGenerator default implementation.
+ *
+ * @group islandora
+ */
+class EventGeneratorTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  use UserCreationTrait {
+    createUser as drupalCreateUser;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * User entity.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\user\UserInterface
+   */
+  protected $user;
+
+  /**
+   * Fedora resource entity.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\islandora\FedoraResourceInterface
+   */
+  protected $entity;
+
+  /**
+   * The EventGenerator to test.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\islandora\EventGenerator\EventGeneratorInterface
+   */
+  protected $eventGenerator;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static $modules = [
+    'system',
+    'user',
+    'field',
+    'filter',
+    'block',
+    'node',
+    'path',
+    'text',
+    'options',
+    'inline_entity_form',
+    'serialization',
+    'rest',
+    'rdf',
+    'jsonld',
+    'islandora'
+  ];
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    // Bootstrap minimal Drupal environment to run the tests.
+    $this->installSchema('system', 'sequences');
+    $this->installEntitySchema('user');
+    $this->installConfig('filter');
+    $this->installEntitySchema('fedora_resource');
+
+    // Create a test user.
+    $this->user = $this->drupalCreateUser();
+
+    // Create a test entity.
+    $this->entity = FedoraResource::create([
+      "type" => "rdf_source",
+      "uid" => 1,
+      "name" => "Test Fixture",
+      "langcode" => "und",
+      "status" => 1,
+    ]); 
+    $this->entity->save();
+
+    // Create the event generator so we can test it.
+    $this->eventGenerator = new EventGenerator();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the generateCreateEvent() method.
+   */
+  public function testGenerateCreateEvent() {
+    $json = $this->eventGenerator->generateCreateEvent($this->entity, $this->user);
+    $msg = json_decode($json, TRUE);
+
+    $this->assertBasicStructure($msg);
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["type"] == "Create", "Event type is 'Create'.");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the generateUpdateEvent() method.
+   */
+  public function testGenerateUpdateEvent() {
+    $json = $this->eventGenerator->generateUpdateEvent($this->entity, $this->user);
+    $msg = json_decode($json, TRUE);
+
+    $this->assertBasicStructure($msg);
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["type"] == "Update", "Event type is 'Update'.");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the generateDeleteEvent() method.
+   */
+  public function testGenerateDeleteEvent() {
+    $json = $this->eventGenerator->generateDeleteEvent($this->entity, $this->user);
+    $msg = json_decode($json, TRUE);
+
+    $this->assertBasicStructure($msg);
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["type"] == "Delete", "Event type is 'Delete'.");
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Util function for repeated checks.
+   *
+   * @param array $msg
+   *   The message parsed as an array.
+   */
+  protected function assertBasicStructure(array $msg) {
+    // Looking for @context.
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('@context', $msg), "Context key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["@context"] == "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "Context is activity stream.");
+
+    // Make sure it has a type.
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('type', $msg), "Type key exists");
+
+    // Make sure the actor exists, is a person, and has a uri.
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('actor', $msg), "Actor key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists("type", $msg["actor"]), "Type key exists for actor.");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["actor"]["type"] == "Person", "Actor is a person.");
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists("id", $msg["actor"]), "Id key exists for actor.");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["actor"]["id"] == $this->user->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(), "Id is user's uri");
+
+    // Make sure the object exists and is a uri.
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('object', $msg), "Object key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["object"] == $this->entity->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(), "Object is entity uri.");
+  }
+
+}