1# [HTML5 Boilerplate](http://html5boilerplate.com) 2 3HTML5 Boilerplate is a professional front-end template for building fast, 4robust, and adaptable web apps or sites. 5 6This project is the product of many years of iterative development and combined 7community knowledge. It does not impose a specific development philosophy or 8framework, so you're free to architect your code in the way that you want. 9 10* Source: [https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate) 11* Homepage: [http://html5boilerplate.com](http://html5boilerplate.com) 12* Twitter: [@h5bp](http://twitter.com/h5bp) 13 14 15## Quick start 16 17Choose one of the following options: 18 191. Download the latest stable release from 20 [html5boilerplate.com](http://html5boilerplate.com/) or a custom build from 21 [Initializr](http://www.initializr.com). 222. Clone the git repo — `git clone 23 https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git` - and checkout the tagged 24 release you'd like to use. 25 26 27## Features 28 29* HTML5 ready. Use the new elements with confidence. 30* Cross-browser compatible (Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox 3.6+, IE6+). 31* Designed with progressive enhancement in mind. 32* Includes [Normalize.css](http://necolas.github.com/normalize.css/) for CSS 33 normalizations and common bug fixes. 34* The latest [jQuery](http://jquery.com/) via CDN, with a local fallback. 35* The latest [Modernizr](http://modernizr.com/) build for feature detection. 36* IE-specific classes for easier cross-browser control. 37* Placeholder CSS Media Queries. 38* Useful CSS helpers. 39* Default print CSS, performance optimized. 40* Protection against any stray `console.log` causing JavaScript errors in 41 IE6/7. 42* An optimized Google Analytics snippet. 43* Apache server caching, compression, and other configuration defaults for 44 Grade-A performance. 45* Cross-domain Ajax and Flash. 46* "Delete-key friendly." Easy to strip out parts you don't need. 47* Extensive inline and accompanying documentation. 48 49 50## Documentation 51 52Take a look at the [documentation table of contents](doc/TOC.md). This 53documentation is bundled with the project, which makes it readily available for 54offline reading and provides a useful starting point for any documentation you 55want to write about your project. 56 57 58## Contributing 59 60Anyone and everyone is welcome to [contribute](CONTRIBUTING.md). Hundreds of 61developers have helped make the HTML5 Boilerplate what it is today. 62