HTML5 Boilerplate is a HTML/CSS/JS default template which helps the website to-be-built work cross-browser, support HTML5-CSS3 and work fast.
Boilerplate is not a framework, nor does it prescribe any philosophy of development, it’s just got some tricks to get your project off the ground quickly and right-footed.
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An .htaccess config file includes caching rules and prepares the website to serve HTML5 video, use @font-face, and enable gzip.
It is also built with mobile browsers taken into consideration and has an iOS, Android, Opera Mobile-adaptable markup + CSS skeleton.
HTML5 Boilerplate offers many other features like an optimal print stylesheet, a test suit for unit tests and much more.
HTML5 Boilerplate Features:
- Cross-browser compatible (IE6, yeah we got that.)
- HTML5 ready. Use the new tags with certainty.
- Optimal caching and compression rules for grade-A performance
- Best practice site configuration defaults
- Mobile browser optimizations
- Progressive enhancement graceful degradation … yeah yeah we got that
- IE specific classes for maximum cross-browser control
- Handy .no-js and .js classes to style based on capability
- Want to write unit tests but lazy? A full, hooked up test suite is waiting for you.
HTML5 Boilerplate Advance Features:
- avascript profiling…in IE6 and IE7? Sure, no problem.
- Console.log nerfing so you won’t break anyone by mistake.
- Never go wrong with your doctype or markup!
- An optimal print stylesheet, performance optimized
- iOS, Android, Opera Mobile-adaptable markup and CSS skeleton.
- IE6 pngfix baked in.
- .clearfix, .visuallyhidden classes to style things wisely and accessibly.
- .htaccess file that allows proper use of HTML5 features and faster page load
- CDN hosted jQuery with local fallback failsafe.
- Think there’s too much? The HTML5 Boilerplate is delete-key friendly. 🙂
Some Upcoming Features:
- Build script to concatenate/minify your script & style and optimizes images.
- Enable gzip technique (from Even Faster Websites) for all capable users.
- Production release with no explanatory comments, just the meat.
- SASS/HAML ports.
Compatibility: All Major Browsers
Website: http://html5boilerplate.com/
Download: http://github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate/downloads
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