# [HTML5 Boilerplate](http://html5boilerplate.com) |
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HTML5 Boilerplate is a professional front-end template for building fast, |
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robust, and adaptable web apps or sites. |
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This project is the product of many years of iterative development and combined |
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community knowledge. It does not impose a specific development philosophy or |
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framework, so you're free to architect your code in the way that you want. |
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* Source: [https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate) |
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* Homepage: [http://html5boilerplate.com](http://html5boilerplate.com) |
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* Twitter: [@h5bp](http://twitter.com/h5bp) |
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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 |
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[html5boilerplate.com](http://html5boilerplate.com/) or a custom build from |
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[Initializr](http://www.initializr.com). |
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2. Clone the git repo — `git clone |
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https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git` - and checkout the tagged |
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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](http://necolas.github.com/normalize.css/) for CSS |
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normalizations and common bug fixes. |
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* The latest [jQuery](http://jquery.com/) via CDN, with a local fallback. |
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* The latest [Modernizr](http://modernizr.com/) 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 |
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IE6/7. |
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* An optimized Google Analytics snippet. |
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* Apache server caching, compression, and other configuration defaults for |
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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 |
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contents](/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/blob/master/doc/README.md). This |
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documentation is bundled with the project, which makes it readily available for |
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offline reading and provides a useful starting point for any documentation |
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you want to write about your project. |
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## Contributing |
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Anyone and everyone is welcome to |
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[contribute](/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/blob/master/doc/contribute.md). Hundreds |
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of developers have helped make the HTML5 Boilerplate what it is today. |
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