You can start using Boilerplate with your favorite editor. If you use Git as your version control system, we also include a .gitignore
file that would automatically ignore files such as .DS_STORE
or other unnecessary files from being marked for versioning. Some editors that can be used to work with HTML5 Boilerplate are as follows:
Aptana Studio: HTML5 Boilerplate comes out of the box with Aptana Studio. Choose a Web Project and then select Boilerplate to start with. Robert Gravelle has a write-up explaining how to use HTML5 Boilerplate in your Aptana Studio projects, which can be found at www.htmlgoodies.com/html5/tutorials/aptana-studio-3-guided-tour-and-tutorial-create-a-web-project-using-the-html-5-boilerplate-framework.html.
Visual Studio: There are two templates available for use in Visual Studio 2010. One for Web forms, which is downloadable from
h5bpwebapptemplate.codeplex.com/
and the other is downloadable from www.jondavis.net/techblog/post/2011/04/24/HTML5-Boilerplate-Visual-Studio-2010-Template.aspx.TextMate: A year-old project, this URL hosts TextMate bundles of HTML5 Boilerplate's markup and styles at www.dontcom.com/post/1546820479/html5-boilerplate-textmate-template-bundles.