diff --git a/src/components/CoreComponent/index.js b/src/components/CoreComponent/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1ce55a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/CoreComponent/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import CoreComponent from './modules/CoreComponent'
+
+export default CoreComponent
diff --git a/src/components/CoreComponent/modules/CoreComponent.js b/src/components/CoreComponent/modules/CoreComponent.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a319d66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/CoreComponent/modules/CoreComponent.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import React, { PropTypes } from 'react'
+import restyle from './restyle'
+import stylePropTypes from './stylePropTypes'
+
+class CoreComponent extends React.Component {
+  static propTypes = {
+    className: PropTypes.string,
+    component: PropTypes.oneOfType([
+      PropTypes.func,
+      PropTypes.string
+    ]),
+    style: PropTypes.object,
+    testID: PropTypes.string
+  }
+
+  static stylePropTypes = stylePropTypes;
+
+  static defaultProps = {
+    className: '',
+    component: 'div'
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const {
+      className,
+      component: Component,
+      style,
+      testID,
+      ...other
+    } = this.props
+
+    return (
+      <Component
+        {...other}
+        {...restyle({ className, style })}
+        data-testid={process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? null : testID}
+      />
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+export default CoreComponent
diff --git a/src/components/CoreComponent/modules/autoprefix.js b/src/components/CoreComponent/modules/autoprefix.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6216a7a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/CoreComponent/modules/autoprefix.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+export default function prefixStyles(style) {
+  if (style.hasOwnProperty('flexBasis')) {
+    style = {
+      WebkitFlexBasis: style.flexBasis,
+      msFlexBasis: style.flexBasis,
+      ...style
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (style.hasOwnProperty('flexGrow')) {
+    style = {
+      WebkitBoxFlex: style.flexGrow,
+      WebkitFlexGrow: style.flexGrow,
+      msFlexPositive: style.flexGrow,
+      ...style
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (style.hasOwnProperty('flexShrink')) {
+    style = {
+      WebkitFlexShrink: style.flexShrink,
+      msFlexNegative: style.flexShrink,
+      ...style
+    }
+  }
+
+  // NOTE: adding `;` to the string value prevents React from automatically
+  // adding a `px` suffix to the unitless value
+  if (style.hasOwnProperty('order')) {
+    style = {
+      WebkitBoxOrdinalGroup: `${parseInt(style.order, 10) + 1};`,
+      WebkitOrder: `${style.order}`,
+      msFlexOrder: `${style.order}`,
+      ...style
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (style.hasOwnProperty('transform')) {
+    style = {
+      WebkitTransform: style.transform,
+      msTransform: style.transform,
+      ...style
+    }
+  }
+
+  return style
+}
diff --git a/src/components/CoreComponent/modules/restyle.js b/src/components/CoreComponent/modules/restyle.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f60acbfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/CoreComponent/modules/restyle.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import autoprefix from './autoprefix'
+import styles from '../../../modules/styles'
+
+/**
+ * Get the HTML class that corresponds to a style declaration
+ * @param prop {string} prop name
+ * @param style {Object} style
+ * @return {string} class name
+ */
+function getSinglePurposeClassName(prop, style) {
+  const className = `${prop}-${style[prop]}`
+  if (style.hasOwnProperty(prop) && styles[className]) {
+    return styles[className]
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Replace inline styles with single purpose classes where possible
+ * @param props {Object} React Element properties
+ * @return {Object}
+ */
+export default function stylingStrategy(props) {
+  let className
+  let style = {}
+
+  const classList = [ props.className ]
+  for (const prop in props.style) {
+    const styleClass = getSinglePurposeClassName(prop, props.style)
+    if (styleClass) {
+      classList.push(styleClass)
+    } else {
+      style[prop] = props.style[prop]
+    }
+  }
+
+  className = classList.join(' ')
+  style = autoprefix(style)
+
+  return { className: className, style }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/CoreComponent/modules/stylePropTypes.js b/src/components/CoreComponent/modules/stylePropTypes.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c18a6b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/CoreComponent/modules/stylePropTypes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { PropTypes } from 'react'
+
+const numberOrString = PropTypes.oneOfType([
+  PropTypes.number,
+  PropTypes.string
+])
+
+const { string } = PropTypes
+
+export default {
+  alignContent: string,
+  alignItems: string,
+  alignSelf: string,
+  backfaceVisibility: string,
+  // background
+  backgroundAttachment: string,
+  backgroundClip: string,
+  backgroundColor: string,
+  backgroundImage: string,
+  backgroundOrigin: string,
+  backgroundPosition: string,
+  backgroundRepeat: string,
+  backgroundSize: string,
+  // border color
+  borderColor: numberOrString,
+  borderBottomColor: numberOrString,
+  borderLeftColor: numberOrString,
+  borderRightColor: numberOrString,
+  borderTopColor: numberOrString,
+  // border-radius
+  borderRadius: numberOrString,
+  borderTopLeftRadius: numberOrString,
+  borderTopRightRadius: numberOrString,
+  borderBottomLeftRadius: numberOrString,
+  borderBottomRightRadius: numberOrString,
+  // border style
+  borderStyle: numberOrString,
+  borderBottomStyle: numberOrString,
+  borderLeftStyle: numberOrString,
+  borderRightStyle: numberOrString,
+  borderTopStyle: numberOrString,
+  // border width
+  borderWidth: numberOrString,
+  borderBottomWidth: numberOrString,
+  borderLeftWidth: numberOrString,
+  borderRightWidth: numberOrString,
+  borderTopWidth: numberOrString,
+  bottom: numberOrString,
+  boxSizing: string,
+  clear: string,
+  color: string,
+  direction: string,
+  display: string,
+  flexBasis: string,
+  flexDirection: string,
+  flexGrow: numberOrString,
+  flexShrink: numberOrString,
+  flexWrap: string,
+  float: string,
+  font: string,
+  fontFamily: string,
+  fontSize: string,
+  fontStyle: string,
+  fontWeight: string,
+  height: numberOrString,
+  justifyContent: string,
+  left: numberOrString,
+  letterSpacing: string,
+  lineHeight: numberOrString,
+  // margin
+  margin: numberOrString,
+  marginBottom: numberOrString,
+  marginLeft: numberOrString,
+  marginRight: numberOrString,
+  marginTop: numberOrString,
+  // min/max
+  maxHeight: numberOrString,
+  maxWidth: numberOrString,
+  minHeight: numberOrString,
+  minWidth: numberOrString,
+  opacity: numberOrString,
+  order: numberOrString,
+  overflow: string,
+  overflowX: string,
+  overflowY: string,
+  // padding
+  padding: numberOrString,
+  paddingBottom: numberOrString,
+  paddingLeft: numberOrString,
+  paddingRight: numberOrString,
+  paddingTop: numberOrString,
+  position: string,
+  right: numberOrString,
+  textAlign: string,
+  textDecoration: string,
+  textTransform: string,
+  top: numberOrString,
+  userSelect: string,
+  visibility: string,
+  whiteSpace: string,
+  width: numberOrString,
+  wordWrap: string,
+  zIndex: numberOrString
+}
diff --git a/src/components/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js b/src/components/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce80621a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import { pickProps } from '../../modules/filterObjectProps'
+import CoreComponent from '../CoreComponent'
+
+export default {
+  ...pickProps(CoreComponent.stylePropTypes, [
+    'alignContent',
+    'alignItems',
+    'alignSelf',
+    'backfaceVisibility',
+    // background
+    'backgroundAttachment',
+    'backgroundClip',
+    'backgroundColor',
+    'backgroundImage',
+    'backgroundPosition',
+    'backgroundOrigin',
+    'backgroundRepeat',
+    'backgroundSize',
+    // border-color
+    'borderColor',
+    'borderTopColor',
+    'borderRightColor',
+    'borderBottomColor',
+    'borderLeftColor',
+    // border-radius
+    'borderRadius',
+    'borderTopLeftRadius',
+    'borderTopRightRadius',
+    'borderBottomLeftRadius',
+    'borderBottomRightRadius',
+    // border style
+    'borderStyle',
+    'borderBottomStyle',
+    'borderLeftStyle',
+    'borderRightStyle',
+    'borderTopStyle',
+    // border width
+    'borderWidth',
+    'borderBottomWidth',
+    'borderLeftWidth',
+    'borderRightWidth',
+    'borderTopWidth',
+    'bottom',
+    'boxShadow',
+    'boxSizing',
+    'flexBasis',
+    'flexDirection',
+    'flexGrow',
+    'flexShrink',
+    'flexWrap',
+    'height',
+    'justifyContent',
+    'left',
+    // margin
+    'margin',
+    'marginBottom',
+    'marginLeft',
+    'marginRight',
+    'marginTop',
+    // max/min
+    'maxHeight',
+    'maxWidth',
+    'minHeight',
+    'minWidth',
+    'opacity',
+    'order',
+    'overflow',
+    'overflowX',
+    'overflowY',
+    // padding
+    'padding',
+    'paddingBottom',
+    'paddingLeft',
+    'paddingRight',
+    'paddingTop',
+    'position',
+    'right',
+    'top',
+    'transform',
+    'userSelect',
+    'visibility',
+    'width',
+    'zIndex'
+  ])
+}
diff --git a/src/components/View/index.js b/src/components/View/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbb53a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/View/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { pickProps } from '../../modules/filterObjectProps'
+import CoreComponent from '../CoreComponent'
+import React, { PropTypes } from 'react'
+import ViewStylePropTypes from './ViewStylePropTypes'
+
+const styles = {
+  // https://github.com/facebook/css-layout#default-values
+  initial: {
+    alignItems: 'stretch',
+    borderWidth: 0,
+    borderStyle: 'solid',
+    boxSizing: 'border-box',
+    display: 'flex',
+    flexBasis: 'auto',
+    flexDirection: 'column',
+    flexShrink: 0,
+    listStyle: 'none',
+    margin: 0,
+    padding: 0,
+    position: 'relative',
+    // button reset
+    backgroundColor: 'transparent',
+    color: 'inherit',
+    font: 'inherit',
+    textAlign: 'inherit'
+  }
+}
+
+class View extends React.Component {
+  static propTypes = {
+    accessibilityLabel: PropTypes.string,
+    children: PropTypes.any,
+    component: CoreComponent.propTypes.component,
+    pointerEvents: PropTypes.oneOf([
+      'auto',
+      'box-none',
+      'box-only',
+      'none'
+    ]),
+    style: PropTypes.shape(ViewStylePropTypes),
+    testID: CoreComponent.propTypes.testID
+  }
+
+  static stylePropTypes = ViewStylePropTypes
+
+  static defaultProps = {
+    component: 'div',
+    style: styles.initial
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const { accessibilityLabel, pointerEvents, style, testID, ...other } = this.props
+    const pointerEventsStyle = pointerEvents && { pointerEvents }
+    const resolvedStyle = pickProps(style, Object.keys(ViewStylePropTypes))
+
+    return (
+      <CoreComponent
+        {...other}
+        aria-label={accessibilityLabel}
+        className={'View'}
+        style={{
+          ...(styles.initial),
+          ...resolvedStyle,
+          ...pointerEventsStyle
+        }}
+        testID={testID}
+      />
+    )
+  }
+}
+
+export default View
diff --git a/src/modules/View/index.spec.js b/src/components/View/index.spec.js
similarity index 72%
rename from src/modules/View/index.spec.js
rename to src/components/View/index.spec.js
index f9957fd3..d0e2954e 100644
--- a/src/modules/View/index.spec.js
+++ b/src/components/View/index.spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import assert from 'assert'
 import React from 'react/addons'
 
-import { ViewDefaultStyle } from './ViewStylePropTypes'
 import View from '.'
 
 const ReactTestUtils = React.addons.TestUtils
@@ -20,6 +19,14 @@ suite('View', () => {
     assert.equal((root.tagName).toLowerCase(), 'div')
   })
 
+  test('prop "accessibilityLabel"', () => {
+    const accessibilityLabel = 'accessibilityLabel'
+    const result = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<View accessibilityLabel={accessibilityLabel} />)
+    const root = React.findDOMNode(result)
+
+    assert.equal(root.getAttribute('aria-label'), accessibilityLabel)
+  })
+
   test('prop "children"', () => {
     const children = 'children'
     const result = shallowRender(<View>{children}</View>)
@@ -27,16 +34,6 @@ suite('View', () => {
     assert.equal(result.props.children, children)
   })
 
-  test('prop "className"', () => {
-    const className = 'className'
-    const result = shallowRender(<View className={className} />)
-
-    assert.ok(
-      (result.props.className).indexOf(className) > -1,
-      '"className" was not transferred'
-    )
-  })
-
   test('prop "component"', () => {
     const type = 'a'
     const result = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<View component={type} />)
@@ -62,8 +59,7 @@ suite('View', () => {
     const initial = shallowRender(<View />)
     assert.deepEqual(
       initial.props.style,
-      ViewDefaultStyle,
-      'default "style" is incorrect'
+      View.defaultProps.style
     )
 
     const unsupported = shallowRender(<View style={{ unsupported: 'true' }} />)
@@ -73,4 +69,15 @@ suite('View', () => {
       'unsupported "style" properties must not be transferred'
     )
   })
+
+  test('prop "testID"', () => {
+    const testID = 'Example.view'
+    const result = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<View testID={testID} />)
+    const root = React.findDOMNode(result)
+
+    assert.equal(
+      root.getAttribute('data-testid'),
+      testID
+    )
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/modules/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js b/src/modules/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f8f5c2a4..00000000
--- a/src/modules/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import { PropTypes } from 'react'
-import { StylePropTypes } from '../react-native-web-style'
-
-export default {
-  ...StylePropTypes.BackgroundPropTypes,
-  ...StylePropTypes.BorderThemePropTypes,
-  ...StylePropTypes.LayoutPropTypes,
-  boxShadow: PropTypes.string,
-  opacity: PropTypes.number,
-  transform: PropTypes.string
-}
-
-// https://github.com/facebook/css-layout#default-values
-export const ViewDefaultStyle = {
-  alignItems: 'stretch',
-  borderWidth: 0,
-  borderStyle: 'solid',
-  boxSizing: 'border-box',
-  display: 'flex',
-  flexBasis: 'auto',
-  flexDirection: 'column',
-  flexShrink: 0,
-  listStyle: 'none',
-  margin: 0,
-  padding: 0,
-  position: 'relative'
-}
diff --git a/src/modules/View/index.js b/src/modules/View/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0499390a..00000000
--- a/src/modules/View/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-import { pickProps } from '../filterObjectProps'
-import { WebStyleComponent } from '../react-native-web-style'
-import React, { PropTypes } from 'react'
-import ViewStylePropTypes, { ViewDefaultStyle } from './ViewStylePropTypes'
-
-class View extends React.Component {
-  static propTypes = {
-    children: PropTypes.any,
-    className: PropTypes.string,
-    component: PropTypes.oneOfType([
-      PropTypes.func,
-      PropTypes.string
-    ]),
-    pointerEvents: PropTypes.oneOf([
-      'auto',
-      'box-none',
-      'box-only',
-      'none'
-    ]),
-    style: PropTypes.shape(ViewStylePropTypes)
-  }
-
-  static defaultProps = {
-    className: '',
-    component: 'div'
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    const { className, pointerEvents, style, ...other } = this.props
-    const filteredStyle = pickProps(style, Object.keys(ViewStylePropTypes))
-    const pointerEventsStyle = pointerEvents && { pointerEvents }
-    const mergedStyle = {
-      ...ViewDefaultStyle,
-      ...filteredStyle,
-      ...pointerEventsStyle
-    }
-
-    return (
-      <WebStyleComponent
-        {...other}
-        className={`View ${className}`}
-        style={mergedStyle}
-      />
-    )
-  }
-}
-
-export default View