HTML5 is the fifth revision and newest version of the HTML standard superseding HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0, and XHTML 1.1. Below is a basic HTML5 template. Copy the HTML below to begin working with a minimal HTML5 document.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="description" content="Your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript playground.">
<meta name="author" content="The Web Flash">
<title>HTML, CSS, JS Playground</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv-printshiv.min.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<!-- Body contents -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
The template above includes HTML5 Shiv script (html5shiv-printshiv.min.js). This handy script allows versions of Internet Explorer prior to version 9 to recognize HTML5 elements and allows them to be styled using CSS.
