diff --git a/op_hello/Cargo.toml b/op_hello/Cargo.toml
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+# This is an imagined crate directory structure for Deno ops.
+
+[package]
+name = "op_hello"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Ryan Dahl <ry@tinyclouds.org>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# Note: I am explicitly attempting to not have a build.rs file. I think it might
+# be unnecessary for each op crate to implement their own. Then again, it might
+# be unavoidable... Let's try without first.
+
+[dependencies]
+deno = "0.19.0"
+# deno_std is needed because hello_test.ts depends on the "testing/mod.ts" file
+# inside of deno_std.
+# TODO deno_std is not yet published as crate
+deno_std = "0.19.0"
+
diff --git a/op_hello/src/hello.ts b/op_hello/src/hello.ts
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+++ b/op_hello/src/hello.ts
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+const OP_HELLO: number = Deno.ops.add("hello");
+
+// https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/namespaces.html#splitting-across-files
+namespace Deno {
+  /**
+   * The typedoc here ideally would be presevered automatically in
+   * lib.deno_runtime.d.ts
+   */
+  export function hello() {
+    Deno.core.send(OP_HELLO);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/op_hello/src/hello_test.ts b/op_hello/src/hello_test.ts
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index 00000000000000..913568f73c6599
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+++ b/op_hello/src/hello_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// We need some way to import test modules.
+// Attempt one:
+//
+//   import { test } from "../../js/test_util.ts";
+//
+// Here it is referencing files across crate boundaries, which will break
+// 'cargo package' and means the crate is not useable outside the deno tree.
+// This might be okay for a first pass, but it's not the best solution.
+//
+// Attempt two:
+// we invent a new URL for referencing files in other crates.
+// this is magic and not browser compatible.. Browser compatibility for
+// ops is not so important.
+//
+//  import { test } from "crate://deno_std@0.19.0/testing/mod.ts";
+//
+// This is quite nice. But the version of deno_std already specified in
+// Cargo.toml. I think we shouldn't repeat it.
+import { test } from "crate://deno_std/testing/mod.ts";
+
+// If we don't do the //src reorg that I've proposed in #3022, then we might be
+// able to have a very elegant URL some day using the deno crate.
+//
+//  import { test } from "crate://deno/std/testing/mod.ts";
+
+import "./hello.ts";
+
+test("hello test", () => {
+  Deno.hello();
+});
+
+test("hello test2", () => {
+  Deno.hello();
+});
diff --git a/op_hello/src/lib.rs b/op_hello/src/lib.rs
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+++ b/op_hello/src/lib.rs
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+extern crate deno;
+extern crate deno_std;
+use deno::*;
+
+pub fn init(&mut isolate: Isolate) -> Result<(), ErrBox> {
+  isolate.register_op("hello", op_hello); // register_op defined by #3002
+
+  // Explicitly link the deno_std crate so it can be used in hello_test.ts
+  // Its usage looks like this:
+  //
+  //   import { test } from "crate://deno_std/testing/mod.ts";
+  //
+  // In the future it might make sense to automate this function away, but I think
+  // it would be prudent to make the crate URL resolution as obvious as
+  // possible.
+  isolate.register_crate_url("deno_std", deno_std::get_file);
+
+  // TODO The ability to run typescript doesn't exist in deno core.
+  isolate.run("src/hello.ts")
+}
+
+fn op_hello(_control_buf: &[u8], _zero_copy_buf: Option<PinnedBuf>) -> CoreOp {
+  println!("Hello world");
+  CoreOp::Sync(Box::new([]))
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn rust_test() {
+  match op_hello() {
+    CoreOp::Sync(buf) => {
+      assert_eq!(buf.len(), 0);
+    }
+    CoreOp::Async(_) => unreachable!(),
+  }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn js_test() {
+  // This should execute src/hello_test.ts
+  deno_test();
+}
diff --git a/op_hello_js/Cargo.toml b/op_hello_js/Cargo.toml
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index 00000000000000..5e6e44946ffa8b
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+++ b/op_hello_js/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# This is an imagined crate directory structure for Deno ops.
+# Same as op_hello but done with JS and not TS.
+
+[package]
+name = "op_hello_js"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Ryan Dahl <ry@tinyclouds.org>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[lib]
+path = "lib.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+deno = "0.19.0"
diff --git a/op_hello_js/hello.js b/op_hello_js/hello.js
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index 00000000000000..7cfdaa82b871f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/op_hello_js/hello.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// TODO In the future maybe we can extract the op id in the top-level and use a
+// constant. But currently it's causing problems with snapshotting.
+
+export function hello() {
+  Deno.core.send(Deno.ops["hello"]);
+}
diff --git a/op_hello_js/hello_test.js b/op_hello_js/hello_test.js
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index 00000000000000..5fd5d0c050319e
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+++ b/op_hello_js/hello_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// As opposed to the TypeScript op_hello example, here we want to not rely on 
+// deno_std, as it uses TypeScript. So here don't use a test runner.
+import { hello } from "./hello.js";
+hello();
diff --git a/op_hello_js/lib.rs b/op_hello_js/lib.rs
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index 00000000000000..ecd98b15a40694
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+++ b/op_hello_js/lib.rs
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+extern crate deno;
+use deno::*;
+
+pub fn init(&mut isolate: Isolate) -> Result<(), ErrBox> {
+  isolate.register_op("hello", op_hello); // register_op defined by #3002
+  isolate.execute("hello.js")?;
+  Ok(())
+}
+
+fn op_hello(_control_buf: &[u8], _zero_copy_buf: Option<PinnedBuf>) -> CoreOp {
+  println!("Hello world");
+  CoreOp::Sync(Box::new([]))
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn js_test() {
+  isolate.execute("hello_test.js")
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn rust_test() {
+  if let CoreOp::Sync(buf) = op_hello() {
+    assert_eq!(buf.len(), 0);
+  } else {
+    unreachable!();
+  }
+}