Back in August, the HTML5 Boilerplate was released. Generally speaking, it’s received some seriously great feedback.
For some, it’s a great starting place as it includes a variety of code and components relevant to practically any HTML5-based project. But not everyone is a fan:
I won’t beat about the bush, seeing the HTML5 Boilerplate makes me frustrated. It makes me wish I were a vet, or a tree surgeon, or something that isn’t a web developer. Look at all that code. 681* lines. Six hundred and eighty-one. Hell it even takes over 40 minutes to explain! That’s not a starting point, that’s a finished product and then some.
Harry continues with some compelling arguments in his post. In continuing, he even provides his version of a true boilerplate.
Above all else, my favorite thing about this is that regardless of where you fall on this debate, there are two options :).
Alhadis says
I have my own boilerplate code, stripped back and intended to make sense only to me. Does this make me a hippie?
Tom McFarlin says
If it works for you, then whatever.
If others are supposed to work off of it……………….. 😉
JP DeVries says
I love HTML5 Boilerplate. Having just written a HTML5 Boilerplate plugin for modX, I’m researching other popular boilerplates to create plugins for as well. So this is really helpful to know about