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HTML5 Boilerplate

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HTML5 Boilerplate is a professional front-end template for building fast, -robust, and adaptable web apps or sites.

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This project is the product of many years of iterative development and combined -community knowledge. It does not impose a specific development philosophy or -framework, so you're free to architect your code in the way that you want.

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Quick start

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Choose one of the following options:

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  1. Download the latest stable release from - html5boilerplate.com or a custom build from - Initializr.
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  3. Clone the git repo — git clone - https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git - and checkout the tagged - release you'd like to use.
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Features

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  • HTML5 ready. Use the new elements with confidence.
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  • Cross-browser compatible (Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox 3.6+, IE6+).
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  • Designed with progressive enhancement in mind.
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  • Includes Normalize.css for CSS - normalizations and common bug fixes.
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  • The latest jQuery via CDN, with a local fallback.
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  • The latest Modernizr build for feature detection.
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  • IE-specific classes for easier cross-browser control.
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  • Placeholder CSS Media Queries.
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  • Useful CSS helpers.
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  • Default print CSS, performance optimized.
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  • Protection against any stray console.log causing JavaScript errors in - IE6/7.
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  • An optimized Google Analytics snippet.
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  • Apache server caching, compression, and other configuration defaults for - Grade-A performance.
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  • Cross-domain Ajax and Flash.
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  • "Delete-key friendly." Easy to strip out parts you don't need.
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  • Extensive inline and accompanying documentation.
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Documentation

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Take a look at the documentation table of contents. This -documentation is bundled with the project, which makes it readily available for -offline reading and provides a useful starting point for any documentation you -want to write about your project.

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Contributing

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Anyone and everyone is welcome to contribute. Hundreds of -developers have helped make the HTML5 Boilerplate what it is today.

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